Poachers are ripping baby spider monkeys from their mothers in the forests of southern Mexico and selling them as pets on social media platforms in the United States.

Following the care of two spider monkeys seized by federal agents, Laredo College is warning the public about the dangers of primate ownership and the realities of the exotic pet trade.

A touching moment as a mother monkey and her baby sit quietly, waiting for food. No chaos, just calm eyes and gentle patience ...

Lab monkeys escaped from a truck in Mississippi on Tuesday. (Jasper County Sheriff's Department/Facebook) Authorities were still searching on Wednesday for three rhesus monkeys after they escaped ...

In the foothills of Japan’s Northern Alps, people are chasing monkeys. Wearing bright orange vests, the humans ring bells, ...

Three monkeys that escaped from a truck in Mississippi on Tuesday morning are still on the loose, although others have been destroyed, officials said. Officers said they were told that the monkeys ...

A kayaker in Silver Springs State Park had her peaceful day interrupted by cannonballing rhesus macaques Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work ...

Something sent monkeys at a Florida state park cannonballing into the water earlier this month, and a woman on a kayaking trip captured the hilarious moment on camera. Trenda Kitchen was kayaking at ...

HEIDELBERG, Miss. (AP) — Monkeys being transported on a Mississippi highway escaped captivity Tuesday after the truck carrying them overturned, according to law enforcement. All but one of the escaped ...

Real life might have just created the perfect opening to a horror movie. Mississippi police reported Tuesday that a highway car wreck allowed a truckful of “aggressive” rhesus monkeys to escape.

Three monkeys that left a Tulane University research center and are said to be "aggressive to humans" are loose in Jasper County following a truck crash on Interstate 59, Mississippi authorities said ...

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