Image via US Department of Justice A Texas man is facing time behind bars for smuggling spider monkeys into the country and ...

Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced on April 18 to four months in federal prison and ordered to pay $23 ...

Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced on April 18 to four months in federal prison and ordered to pay $23 ...

So, it’s likely that dinosaurs walked side-by-side with an ancient ancestor of spider crickets. Given their archaic features, ...

Upon investigation, officials discovered a spider monkey stowed inside a backpack in the vehicle. The two individuals were taken into custody and the monkey was transported to Gladys Porter Zoo in ...

A spider monkey and nearly $1 million in cocaine were intercepted during two separate and unrelated enforcement actions at the Texas-Mexico border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents say.

Someone's plans for a good time was completely ruined after Texas border agents, during two separate actions, intercepted both a spider monkey and almost $1M in cocaine from crossing the border.

As officials opened the backpack for an inspection, they discovered a spider monkey, an animal “prohibited from importation as pets,” U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. “Some monkeys ...

Border Patrol officers in Texas arrested two U.S. citizens after a spider monkey was found hidden inside a backpack. The spider monkey was taken to the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. The ...