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 ...

Miso, Matcha, and Mei were illegally taken from the wild and sold into the pet trade. They were rescued by law enfocrement ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bound, sedated and stuffed into bags: Poachers are ripping baby spider monkeys from their mothers in the forests of southern ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Paul Rosolie is an American conservationist and author. His 2014 memoir, Mother of God, detailed his efforts to protect a tract of forest in Peru ...

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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 ...

The family has had Fynn, a Guatemalan black-handed spider monkey, for just over two years.

Five spider monkeys rescued from traffickers are settling in at a Midwest zoo after 18 months of rehabilitation, officials announced. Currently behind the scenes at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, these ...