Bound, sedated and stuffed into bags: Poachers are ripping baby spider monkeys from their mothers in the forests of southern ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO -- A Texas man was sentenced in federal court Friday for smuggling six Mexican baby spider monkeys into the U.S. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar of Houston was sentenced to four months in custody and ...

Jessica Bond Ferguson said her 16-year-old son said he thought he had seen a monkey running in the yard outside their home ...

Watch how CUTIS the monkey deals with a persistent baby monkey who begs to go to the market. From adorable pleading eyes to unexpected twists, this heartwarming journey will keep you smiling until the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — According to the ...