A Texas man was sentenced for smuggling six baby Mexican spider monkeys, too young to be separated from their mothers, into Southern California.

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.

Sarmad Ghaled Dafar of Houston was sentenced to four months in custody and 180 days home confinement for trafficking the protected animals.

The crime was first discovered by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials when they stopped one of Dafar’s co-conspirators ...

Primates are a group of mammals that includes humans and our close relatives, such as apes, monkeys and lemurs. Monkeys, such as capuchins and macaques; prosimians, like lemurs and tarsiers; lesser ...

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.

A spider monkey and more than $980,000 in cocaine were intercepted at the Texas-Mexico border last weekend, according to U.S.

black-capped squirrel monkeys and Peruvian spider monkeys. The spider monkey was the best yodeller, managing around four octaves, Dunn said. The researchers also studied the larynges of dead ...

black-capped squirrel monkeys and Peruvian spider monkeys. The spider monkey was the best yodeller, managing around four octaves, Dunn said. The researchers also studied the larynges of dead monkeys ...

A monkey sanctuary in Cornwall is set to remain closed to the public all year due to rising costs. Wild Futures, near Looe, said the financial strain on the charity has meant it has had to make ...

According to a 2011 study in the journal Animal Behaviour, removing one palp reduces the spider's body weight and increases its endurance, thereby boosting its ability to fight.This finding ...

Iran said Monday that it had successfully sent a monkey into space and brought it ... Still, several countries, including the U.S., sent animals into space decades ago in the early days of their ...