Caught in the act! Capuchin monkeys have been monkey-napping baby howler monkeys in Jicarón Island in Coiba National Park, off the coast of Panama. Brendan J. Barrett, Max Planck Institute of ...

Because the baby snatchings have got to be hitting the local howler monkey population hard, as these monkeys don't reproduce often and have only one baby at a time.

They discovered video and images of four more young male capuchins carrying baby howlers, five months after Joker started doing it. They were copying him—it was a real-world case of “monkey ...

Violeta the baby spider monkey is beginning a new chapter at the Oakland Zoo after she was rescued by authorities during a methamphetamine bust in Solano County.

Brookfield Zoo Chicago just got a whole lot cuter thanks to the arrival of a new baby squirrel monkey! And the best part? You can see this precious new arrival in person starting Friday, July 11 ...

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.

The 10-month-old male spider monkey named Sully weaved his arm through the mesh-style fencing in his habitat and wasn’t able to pull it back through.

After a traffic stop uncovered meth on a suspect's person, officers investigated his home and found over $25,000 in drugs and an illegal baby spider monkey.

A Kerala Forest Officer is being widely praised across social media — and for good reason. His quick thinking and compassion helped bring an electrocuted baby monkey back to life, turning him ...