New York Post

Texas man smuggles rare baby spider monkeys across border – but gets caught trying to sell them on Facebook: officials

A Texas man 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, ...
NPR

25 of 43 monkeys have been recovered after escaping a lab in South Carolina last week

A dozen and a half monkeys are still on the loose in South Carolina after a dramatic escape last week from a research facility. The 43 female rhesus macaques broke free from the Alpha Genesis Primate ...
CNN

Dead monkeys are dropping from Mexico’s trees in brutal heat wave

Threatened howler monkeys have been dropping dead from trees in Mexico’s southeastern tropical forests in recent weeks amid a nationwide drought and heat waves that have sent temperatures soaring ...
MLive

Spider monkeys rescued from traffickers find home at Midwest zoo

Five spider monkeys rescued from traffickers are settling in at a Midwest zoo after 18 months of rehabilitation, officials announced. Currently behind the scenes at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, these ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Mexico’s Howler Monkeys Are Dying, ‘Falling Out of the Trees,’ Amid Scorching Heat Wave

At least 138 howler monkeys have been found dead in the Mexican state of Tabasco since May 16. Yuri Cortez / AFP via Getty Images Howler monkeys are dying from dehydration and heatstroke amid ...