A Texas man was busted for trafficking vulnerable Mexican baby spider monkeys, who were too young to be separated from their mothers, into San Diego and selling them on Facebook. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, ...

A US-based online chat group is paying to watch videos of “monkey torture”, animal advocacy campaigners have discovered. Individuals can either buy their own private baby monkey or they join with ...

Spider monkeys are becoming the latest exotic pet trend, captivating social media and drawing interest in Southeast Texas.

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police have launched a counterfeit money investigation after two baby monkeys were sold to someone here in Houston. The woman, who brought the vervets, or green monkeys, says the ...

A police SWAT team in Mesa, Ariz., has applied for $100,000 from the federal government to buy a capuchin monkey and train it to perform law enforcement duties. Until now, monkeys have only been on ...

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 ...

BAINBRIDGE, Ga. — A South Georgia county is peeling back its tax benefits for a planned monkey breeding facility following pushback from county residents. Now, the company is suing the county for ...