A black-handed spider monkey infant named Boris was smuggled across the Texas border. Now he's here in Western New York, and ...

Baby wooly monkey rescued from the pet trade gets a surrogate mom — watch as they get released to the wild with their new family. Ojo's rescuer told us about her recovery and the emotional moment they ...

The San Antonio Zoo welcomed a new bundle of joy this week, an endangered baby monkey born with an eye-catching hue. A baby ...

Authorities say four monkeys remain free nearly two weeks after a group of 43 escaped from a South Carolina compound that ...

The escape, which occurred on November 6, saw 43 monkeys flee their enclosure after it was left improperly secured by an ...

Authorities say only six monkeys are still on the loose after dozens escaped earlier this month from a South Carolina ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — More than half of the monkeys bred for medical research that escaped from a compound in South Carolina last week have now been recovered unharmed, officials said Sunday.

The monkeys ... the incident was caused by human error, as the caretaker responsible for routine cleaning and feeding failed to secure two separate doors in a new enclosure.

By 1925, the Carnegie Science Institute had set up a breeding population of the monkeys to study embryology and fertility in a species that was similar to humans.One reason for the animal's ...