Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brookfield Zoo Chicago opened its new Tropical Forests primate habitat Friday, featuring an expanded space for the zoo’s first ...

A Connecticut zoo announced the birth of a female black-handed spider monkey -- and officials are now asking the public to ...

The Washu Project helps farmers in northern Ecuador conserve forests and save forest-dwelling species by combining scientific research, environmental education, and strengthening communities. The ...

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A baby spider monkey has a new home after she was discovered during a DUI traffic stop in Madera County. New video from the Oakland Zoo shows the little one's upgraded ...

EL PASO, TX -- A woman seen on video inside a spider monkey enclosure at the El Paso Zoo has since been fired from her job, ABC's El Paso affiliate KVIA reports. The video was recorded May 22. It ...

The Salisbury Zoo welcomes two new black-handed spider monkeys, Sadie and Ripley, from Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo. The mother-daughter duo joins resident male spider monkey, Rozindi, to form a troop.

PUERTO JIMÉNEZ, Costa Rica — The endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys that dangle high in the rainforest canopy are elusive and hard for scientists to track. So biologist Jenna Lawson hid 350 audio ...

Atascadero’s Charles Paddock Zoo has welcomed three cute new residents — a trio of young Mexican spider monkeys who have joined longtime resident spider monkey Izzy, the city said in a news release.

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 ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago opened its new Tropical Forests primate habitat Friday, featuring an expanded space for the zoo’s first troop of bachelor gorillas and endangered black-handed spider monkeys ...