Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One male and one female spider monkey were recovered by wildlife officials. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the ...

An infant spider monkey in a "heavily soiled diaper" has been captured safely after witnesses spotted him running through a Northwest Side neighborhood. Animal Care Services says it arrived at the ...

Spider monkeys are being trafficked from Mexico into Texas at an alarming rate, smuggled across the border much like drugs, wildlife officials say. The Texas-Mexico border has become a key corridor ...

A South Texas zoo that lies at the nexus of animal trafficking and animal rescue thanks to a booming exotic pet trade will soon be featured in an upcoming episode of an educational children’s ...