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

The rise in trafficking is being fueled by viral social media videos. Officials sound alarm as poachers hunt rare monkeys to sell on social media: 'Killing dozens … just to keep a few of the babies' first appeared on The Cool Down.

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, impaled and mutilated. A federal judge said the videos were ...

A truck transporting research monkeys crashed and Mississippi law enforcement officers were mistakenly told the primates were a "threat to humans."

Adorable photos show a rare baby monkey ‘the size of a golf ball’ clinging to its parents for a cuddle after being born at a UK zoo. Conservationists are celebrating the birth of the rare coppery titi monkey at Chester Zoo – the first of its kind to ...