A pet spider monkey broke free of its owner at a beloved fall festival and was running amok in its small South Carolina town until local leaders saved the day with a cup of joe. The teeny primate ...

Earlier this month, Oakley Reign the spider monkey went somewhere new: Prairie Village City Hall. As the northeast Johnson County city considers changing its definition of dangerous wild animals to ...

To the editor: The recent case of a young spider monkey rescued during a drug bust in Vallejo highlights the urgent need to ban the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in this country (“Baby spider ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Instagram account spidermonkeyniko has attracted attention by documenting the daily life of a pet spider monkey named ...

A growing black market is tearing spider monkey families apart in southern Mexico, where poachers are killing adults and snatching their babies to sell as exotic pets in the United States—often ...

EUTAWVILLE — Most monkeys like bananas. Ava prefers a hot cup of coffee. The pet spider monkey escaped her owner and roamed free in Orangeburg County for a day last week before being captured by a ...

Three Mexican spider monkeys rescued from the illegal wildlife pet trade have settled into their new home at the Nashville Zoo earlier this month. The two-month-old monkeys, named Miso, Matcha, and ...

ST. LOUIS – At the Saint Louis Zoo in Primate Canopy Trails, a series of walkways and paths take visitors up close with four new, endangered spider monkeys. “We have Ozomatli, Chico, Xochitl, and Cula ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Two Mexican spider monkeys, who were reportedly taken from the wild and illegally sold into the pet trade, now call Nashville home. According to officials, two female spider ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Nashville Zoo is now home to three Mexican spider monkeys who were reportedly rescued from the illegal pet trade. According to zoo officials, the spider monkeys—named Miso, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the looks of her social media, Toni Skelton seems to bring her pet monkey with her everywhere — in the car, to the park and to ...

Toni Skelton and her pet monkey Oakley Reign Screenshot from Skelton’s Facebook By the looks of her social media, Toni Skelton seems to bring her pet monkey with her everywhere — in the car, to the ...