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

CONWAY — When Michael and Shannon Flowers made plans to move from their Pickens County farm to Conway, they wanted to be sure their entire household could join them. That included Kaia and Maia, their ...

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 ...

When I first learned of Ruth Montiel Arias and Liz Tyson's new book, From Harm to Healing: Sanctuary Stories of Rescue, Resilience, and Recovery, I couldn't wait to get my eyes on it and my high ...

Pet Stop, a locally owned pet store and “indoor zoo,” has operated in Shawnee since 1976. Madeline King Inside Pet Stop, a locally owned pet store that’s been operating in Shawnee since 1976, is all ...

Shame on the Post-Dispatch for publishing a shockingly irresponsible story on monkeys as pets. ("Meet folks who own monkeys, and learn what that's like, " Nov. 12 print edition.) The story states that ...

Reports of a monkey loose in North Myrtle Beach last month drew attention on social media and speculation from Grand Strand residents. Police even went looking for the animal twice but were unable to ...