OAKLAND, California (WJW) – A young spider monkey named Violeta is enjoying her new home at the Oakland Zoo after being rescued alongside rattlesnakes during a drug bust last month. The investigation ...

Officials say the rising trend of spider monkey babies being domesticated is the cause of these aggressive poachers.

After nearly a decade, the Santa Ana Zoo has regained full accreditation from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums.

Poachers are ripping baby spider monkeys from their mothers in the forests of southern Mexico and selling them as pets on social media platforms in the United States.Jim Stinebaugh, a special agent ...

Solano County Sheriff's deputies found an 18-month-old spider monkey during a drug-related search at a home in Vallejo. The monkey, later named Violeta, was surrendered to the Oakland Zoo for care.

EL PASO, TX -- A woman seen on video inside a spider monkey enclosure at the El Paso Zoo has since been fired from her job, ABC's El Paso affiliate KVIA reports. The video was recorded May 22. It ...

Atascadero’s Charles Paddock Zoo has welcomed three cute new residents — a trio of young Mexican spider monkeys who have joined longtime resident spider monkey Izzy, the city said in a news release.

A baby spider monkey is starting a new chapter at the Oakland Zoo after she was rescued by authorities during a methamphetamine bust in Solano County earlier this month. On May 6, Solano County ...

The Oakland Zoo is taking care of a female spider monkey seized Thursday by the Solano County Sheriff's Office during a narcotics raid in Vallejo. Named Violeta by zoo staff, she's reportedly about 18 ...

The El Paso Zoo is planning to press charges after a woman was seen on video inside a spider monkey enclosure. The video was shared on social media earlier this week and quickly went viral. It shows a ...

A traffic stop in California’s North Bay area led authorities to search a man’s home and find a spider monkey, rattlesnakes, and over $25,000 worth of methamphetamine. Deputies in Vallejo, about 34 ...