Bound, sedated and stuffed into bags: Poachers are ripping baby spider monkeys from their mothers in the forests of southern ...

The Texas-Mexico border has become a key corridor for the illegal trade in exotic animals, with spider monkeys among the most ...

Borders across the nation have become a breeding ground for illegal smuggling activity. While the eyes of the state are focused on the distribution of narcotics and migrant travel, a dark side of the ...

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, ...

Officials say the rising trend of spider monkey babies being domesticated is the cause of these aggressive poachers.

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

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 ...

(KRON) — A baby monkey was likely abducted from her mother by poachers before she became someone’s illegal exotic pet in California, Oakland Zoo officials told KRON4. The adorable five-month-old ...