On April 14, investigators with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Bureau of Environmental Crimes unit in Erie County responded to a report about a Grand Island resident ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A spider monkey has been transported to a sanctuary after being kept as an illegal pet at a Grand Island home, the Department of Environmental Conservation said Friday. On April ...

GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Grand Island resident is accused of illegally keeping a spider monkey as a pet, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The DEC said on ...

Animal siblings can really roughhouse with each other. There's just something universal about the way siblings, whether they are bonded by blood or of the found family variety, can "monkey" around and ...

A new black-handed spider monkey (also called Geoffroy’s spider monkey) was born at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo on Dec. 18, the zoo announced in a news release. The baby is currently on display to ...

Spider monkeys are being trafficked from Mexico into Texas at an alarming rate, smuggled across the border much like drugs, wildlife officials say. The Texas-Mexico border has become a key corridor ...

Marvin Hurst is fascinated with writing more than speaking, but he figured out how to combine the two on television. CBS News Texas welcomed him aboard our digital team in January 2024 before making ...

Brown spider monkeys (Ateles hybridus) are some of the world’s most threatened primates, as deforestation has razed about 85% of their habitat in Colombia. With monkey populations living in patches of ...

June 19 (UPI) --A baby spider monkey wearing a diaper was captured after running loose through a San Antonio neighborhood. San Antonio Animal Care Services said the spider monkey, estimated to be ...

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Animal Care Services said a young spider monkey was discovered wandering a northwest-side neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. ACS said the approximately six-month-old monkey was ...

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