A cat missing from her owners' home for two weeks in Cork, Ireland, was found trapped inside a wall at the house and rescued by firefighters.

A Houston man faces federal charges alleging he sold ring-tailed lemurs and Mexican spider monkeys and smuggled primates into the U.S.

The Hattiesburg Zoo is now home to four juvenile spider monkeys, two males and two females. Each monkey has gone through a quarantine period and all four are being slowly introduced to their outdoor ...

HATTIESBURG - Four juvenile spider monkeys are now calling the Hattiesburg Zoo home after being confiscated in an illegal pet ...

Hattiesburg Zoo welcomes four rescued spider monkeys after US border smuggling attempt. AZA, Species Survival Program aid primate welfare, highlight pet trade risks.

The Hattiesburg Zoo is now home to four juvenile spider monkeys that were rescued from an illegal smuggling attempt. Zoo officials said the two males and two females were ...

The four spider monkeys were nearly smuggled in lunch boxes over the border, but they now call the Hattiesburg Zoo home.

Toni Skelton may get to keep her pet spider monkey in her Prairie Village home, but the permission to do so comes with a new set of rules that keeps the pet and its owners on a tighter leash. On ...

PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. — The Prairie Village City Council will vote Monday on whether to allow resident Toni King-Skelton to keep her pet spider monkey, Oakley. This comes as the city considers a new ...

A new black-handed spider monkey (also called Geoffroy’s spider monkey) was born at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo on Dec. 18, the zoo announced in a news release. The baby is currently on display to ...

Behind the pet monkey debate in Prairie Village looms a larger story: the cruelty and danger of the pet primate trade. (Dec. 17, 6A, “Johnson County city may ban pet monkeys. The only owner is ...