Officials say the rising trend of spider monkey babies being domesticated is the cause of these aggressive poachers.

Bound, sedated and stuffed into bags: Poachers are ripping baby spider monkeys from their mothers in the forests of southern ...

This article originally published at Texas border sees big spike in baby spider monkey trafficking. The search for a famed ...

A Florida woman was arrested on Monday after getting caught on a security camera stealing an infant monkey from a pet store. Robert's Pet Shop in Homestead, Florida, a city southwest of Miami, was ...

The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo has not had a birth of this particular breed since 2009 The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo has some real monkey business going on! According to a birth announcement on the ...

Texas border patrol agents found seven baby spider monkeys tucked inside a backpack this month at the Mexico border. U.S. Customs and Border Protecti / Courtesy Texas border patrol agents found seven ...

Two of six spider monkeys illegally brought into California are shown above with their troopmates where they are now living at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo. (U.S. Attorney's Office) A Texas man was busted ...