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

Bound, sedated and stuffed into bags: 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 ...

The original soft power couple from post-war China was a pair of giant pandas, Ping Ping and Qi Qi, sent to the Soviet Union ...

A groundbreaking collaboration between doctors and veterinarians saved a chimpanzee at Zoo Knoxville in Tennessee. When 34-year-old Mwelu “Lu” began stumbling, his keepers feared the worst. An MRI ...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- The LA Zoo announced on Thursday the arrival of two new baby chimpanzees -- the first chimpanzees born at the zoo in 11 years. The first baby was born to 35-year-old female Yoshi ...

The Los Angeles Zoo announced Thursday that its chimpanzee troop has welcomed two healthy baby girls — the first chimps born at the zoo in more than a decade. The infants and their moms, Yoshi and ...

Alcohol can make you woozy and nauseous when you drink too much, but why do humans love it? Wild chimpanzees may hold the answer. Chimps could be eating enough fermented fruit each day and consuming ...

Meet Nakili! She's the two-month-old chimpanzee at the Detroit Zoo. (Detroit Zoo) ROYAL OAK, Mich. – The Detroit Zoo announced the name of its 2-month-old chimpanzee. The baby chimpanzee has been ...

ROYAL OAK, MI - She has a name! Meet Nakili, (pronounced (Nah-key-lee), which means “a copy” or “to copy” in Swahili. She was recently born at the Detroit Zoo. Nakili was born to 34-year old Nyani, ...

The Detroit Zoo named a two-month-old baby girl chimpanzee Her name means "to copy" in Swahili, as she is just like her mother. Visitors can potentially see the baby chimp at zoo, but she may be ...