Not to worry, though. Time will make the furry primate more self-reliant and energetic and it will wean completely at about ...

With their round eyes, plush fur and tiny hands, pygmy slow lorises look like they were designed to be cradled. Yet this baby ...

Between the Old World, which includes Africa and Asia, and the New World, which includes Mexico and Central and South America, there are well over 200 monkey species. Yet, nearly all species of baby ...

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 ...

A group of male capuchin monkeys kidnapped baby howler monkeys – a different species – on a small island of Panama. Video shows the howler monkeys clinging to the male capuchin monkeys’ backs, but the ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens helped rescue two baby spider monkeys after they were found by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The bill was presented by Senators Joan Lovely with Mike Moore and Mike Brady and would prohibit the removal of infant primates from their mothers for the first year of their lives. By Chris Gardner ...

The baby boom is a direct result of breeding recommendations from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).

A capuchin named Joker started the apparent trend, leading researchers to suspect "there was something a little quirky about him, or that he was kind of lonely in a way.” Reading time 3 minutes A ...

A 33-year-old Texas man was sentenced in San Diego federal court Friday for coordinating the smuggling of at least six protected baby Mexican spider monkeys through the Calexico Port of Entry, ...