A growing black market is tearing spider monkey families apart in southern Mexico, where poachers are killing adults and ...

Monkeys are expressive, intelligent animals that are so like humans that people long to keep one for a pet. They have captivated us from afar as pets of celebrities or favorite fictional characters ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio is one of the most difficult places to own exotic animals in the U.S., with a comprehensive ban on many animals. Although Ohioans cannot own lions, tigers or bears, there ...

SURF CITY, N.C. (TMX/Gray News) – A pet monkey that ran away from home in North Carolina this week was safely captured and reunited with its owner, police said Thursday. The Surf City Police ...

Prohibited from importation as pets, monkeys are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), according to CBP. Their importation is ...