STORY: According to the regional director of Tarapaca Customs, Cristian Molina Silva, a man carrying a backpack tried to avoid being inspected by authorities at the checkpoint, when authorities found ...

A planned activity with baby monkeys shifted quickly after an unexpected incident during a tree climb. Caretakers were forced to respond as conditions changed faster than anticipated. The moment ...

Howler infant number 5 on the back of a juvenile capuchin carrier, who is using stone tools at an anvil site in a stream bed. Usually, this behavior in females is described as adoption, thought to be ...

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the male and female spider monkeys were inside of a pet carrier and were ...

Between the Old World, which includes Africa and Asia, and the New World, which includes Mexico and Central and South America, there are well over 200 monkey species. Yet, nearly all species of baby ...

A group of squirrel monkeys, including a baby. Courtesy San Diego Zoo. The San Diego Zoo is celebrating the births of four bouncing baby primates representing three different species over the last few ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Two baby monkeys were welcomed into the world thanks to the help from staff at the Brevard Zoo. Earlier this month, a cotton-top tamarin named Lunda gave birth to two babies, ...

A vaccine originally developed to prevent bacteria-caused diarrhea has now also been found to help infant nonhuman primates grow faster, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.

>> THERE ARE THREE NEW ANIMALS IN THE CENTRAL FLORIDA ZOO IN SANFORD THAT ARE EXCITED TO MEET YOU. >> TODAY IS WHEN THE THREE NEW INFANT MEXICAN SPIDER MONKEYS ARE THERE. THERE WERE GREAT -- THEY WERE ...

A 33-year-old Texas man was sentenced in San Diego federal court Friday for coordinating the smuggling of at least six protected baby Mexican spider monkeys through the Calexico Port of Entry, ...

A group of male capuchin monkeys kidnapped baby howler monkeys – a different species – on a small island of Panama. Video shows the howler monkeys clinging to the male capuchin monkeys’ backs, but the ...

The bill was presented by Senators Joan Lovely with Mike Moore and Mike Brady and would prohibit the removal of infant primates from their mothers for the first year of their lives. By Chris Gardner ...