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.

Two individuals face federal charges after attempting to smuggle an endangered Mexican spider monkey into the U.S. at the ...

A 10-month-old spider monkey at a Florida zoo had to have its arm amputated after it was involved in a freak accident. The incident occurred last week when Sully weaved his arm through mesh-style ...

Border Patrol officers in Texas arrested two U.S. citizens after a spider monkey was found hidden inside a backpack. The ...

Primates possess special anatomical structures in their throats called vocal membranes, allowing for yodeling at higher ...

Monkeys will always be better at yodeling than humans because they have a "cheap trick" hidden in their voice box, scientists ...

Michael is the founder of SPARTN Sanctuary, a rescue and rehabilitation center for primates, where he has taken in 10 spider monkeys. Among them, Winston—the youngest—stood out. His sweet and ...

As officials opened the backpack for an inspection, they discovered a spider monkey, an animal “prohibited from importation ...

CBP officers at the Hidalgo Port of Entry intercepted a spider monkey this weekend. Agriculture specialists at the Anzalduas ...

According to a press release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the monkey was discovered hidden inside a Chevy Equinox ...