Officials sound alarm as poachers hunt rare monkeys to sell on social media: 'Killing dozens … just to keep a few of the babies'

In the U.S., rescued spider monkeys are being cared for at facilities like the Gladys Porter Zoo in Texas, while the Association of Zoos and Aquariums is piloting a placement program for trafficked ...
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Tiny Quaker Parrot Singing ‘Three Little Monkeys’ Has Total Toddler Energy

A tiny Quaker Parrot is getting applause for his pitch-perfect performance of “Three Little Monkeys.” The little green bird ...
The New Yorker

The Runaway Monkeys Upending the Animal-Rights Movement

A troop of macaques escaped one of the largest primate-breeding facilities in America. Now a strange coalition of ...

A California Zoo Welcomed a Mustached Baby Monkey and Is Asking for Help Naming Her

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, located in Palm Desert, Calif., shared with PEOPLE that it welcomed the addition on May 3, ...

Small-town preacher shoots one of last lab monkeys that escaped Mississippi crash

George Barnett, 45, a church leader and avid hunter, is the second civilian to shoot one of the escaped research monkeys in ...
NBC Los Angeles

Help name the Living Desert Zoo's baby patas monkey

These name-selecting traits all apply to the call that just went out from the Living Desert Zoo & Gardens, an important request that was made Nov. 5: Help us name a special baby. This little one is ...