The crime was first discovered by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials when they stopped one of Dafar’s co-conspirators ...

Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley had its opening day Tuesday. Beyond the fun of visitors seeing animals, managers at the zoo hope to educate visitors about endangered species. Curator of Conservation and ...

Sarmad Ghaled Dafar was sentenced to four months in custody for smuggling six, rare baby spider monkeys over the Mexican border and attempting to sell them over Facebook, officials said.

Springtime is known for baby animals, and the Utah's Hogle Zoo has been living up to that expectation this year.

Sarmad Ghaled Dafar of Houston, Texas was sentenced in federal court on Friday to four months in custody and 180 days home ...

A newborn colobus monkey is sticking close to his mom as he “begins to take in the sights, sounds, and smells of his new environment” in Utah, officials said. The baby was born March 30 at Utah’s ...

The David Traylor Zoo in Emporia is mourning the loss of one of its resident New World monkeys. Hot Lips, a cotton-top tamarin, passed away on April 16, due to age-related ...

Sarmad Ghaled Dafar of Houston was sentenced to four months in custody and 180 days home confinement for trafficking the ...

A Texas man was sentenced in federal court on Friday to four months in custody and 180 days in home confinement after ...

A Houston man has been sentenced to four months in custody for facilitating the smuggling of six baby Mexican spider monkeys ...

Alloparenting allows young female colobus monkeys without babies to observe and practice maternal care," the zoo said in a statement. The rest of the monkey troop is getting to know their newest ...