A growing black market is tearing spider monkey families apart in southern Mexico, where poachers are killing adults and ...

Two of six spider monkeys illegally brought into California are shown above with their troopmates where they are now living at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo. (U.S. Attorney's Office) A Texas man was busted ...

A Texas man will spend months in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking six endangered spider monkeys in Southern California, according to federal prosecutors. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, of Houston ...

HOUSTON (WJW) – A Texas man was sentenced to prison for smuggling six baby Mexican spider monkeys into the United States, prosecutors announced on Monday. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, of Houston, was ...

A Brownsville zoo is asking for the public’s help in spreading awareness about the wildlife trafficking of Mexican spider monkeys. Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville has taken in 19 infant Mexican ...

A Texas man was sentenced to four months in custody for smuggling six rare baby spider monkeys over the Mexican border and attempting to sell them over Facebook, officials said. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, ...

A 39-year-old New Jersey man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute animal crush videos. The videos, which were shared online, showed baby monkeys being crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, ...

On an island in Panama, a fad that one researcher called "viscerally disturbing" has recently taken off among a group of young male monkeys. These adolescents and juveniles have started to kidnap the ...