Just as the panda became a symbol for wildlife conservation, monkey-face orchids could become icons for plant conservation, a ...

To the editor: The recent case of a young spider monkey rescued during a drug bust in Vallejo highlights the urgent need to ban the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in this country (“Baby spider ...

Advocates say Canada is out of step with other countries, such as Britain, which have banned the import of primates for ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the François langurs as endangered, as only between 2,000 and 2,100 of these mature old-world monkeys exist, after the wild population dropped ...

A new report is the latest to bolster long-standing allegations that many long-tailed macaques imported into the U.S. for biomedical research were illegally caught from the wild and falsely labeled as ...

Ava the spider monkey decided to go on a stroll without her owner in South Carolina. Her caffine addiction cut her escape ...

Do NOT attempt to capture, chase or interact with the monkey,” Iredell County Animal Services warned residents of the capuchin monkey ...

While this might not seem like much, chimps eat so much fruit (around 10 percent of their body mass every day!), it ends up ...