In October 2025, a truck transporting 21 rhesus monkeys overturned on Interstate 59 north of Heidelberg, Mississippi. Several ...

Abigail Morris first visited the Peruvian Amazon when she was 6 years old. Now, as a Ph.D. candidate in the Animal Behavior ...

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What are some of the species we’re seeing in the illegal wildlife trade today? And what are we doing to combat it?

Several monkeys are confirmed loose in St. Louis, and city officials say they still do not know where the animals came from or who owns them.

MELBOURNE, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida zoo welcomed a new species of monkeys on Thursday, which are vulnerable to extinction. The Brevard Zoo announced it is now home to two black-and-white Colobus ...

Monkeys seem like fascinating pets that are clever, expressive, and even human-like in their behavior. Social media often shows them wearing clothes, riding scooters, or cuddling with their owners.

Toni Skelton may get to keep her pet spider monkey in her Prairie Village home, but the permission to do so comes with a new set of rules that keeps the pet and its owners on a tighter leash. On ...

PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. — A unique debate has unfolded in Prairie Village that has drawn attention statewide: Should the city ban the ownership of monkeys and if so, what happens to the one spider ...

Behind the pet monkey debate in Prairie Village looms a larger story: the cruelty and danger of the pet primate trade. (Dec. 17, 6A, “Johnson County city may ban pet monkeys. The only owner is ...