Around 450 squirrel-sized marmoset monkeys reside at Texas Biomed's primate center, aiding research on aging, health span and longevity.

A variety of studies are showing that rough-and-tumble play is important for animals and kids alike.

According to the Sunset Zoo, Kivuli, the black-and-white colobus monkey, gave birth around 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 7. Zoo staff ...

Milwaukee County Zoo in Cincinatti has had a BIG handful of months lately. The zoo welcomed not one, not two, but three baby monkeys this summer all in the span of a few weeks — and they've been ...

Participants can cast unlimited votes until Nov. 11 with the choice of four Swahili names The Living Desert The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is welcoming animal lovers to participant in naming its ...

HEIDELBERG, Miss. -- A second monkey has been shot and killed and authorities said Tuesday that they were still searching for a third missing monkey a week after their escape from a truck that ...

A Mississippi mother said she shot and killed one of the monkeys that escaped after a truck overturned last week, fearing it posed a threat to her children and others in the neighborhood. Jessica Bond ...

The saga of the escaped lab monkeys in Mississippi has taken a more gruesome turn. Over the weekend, a woman encountered one of the escapees and shot it dead. The Associated Press reported Sunday that ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. Bound, sedated and stuffed into bags: Poachers are ripping baby ...

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 ...

The Erie Zoo welcomed a baby monkey. The baby, a lesser spot-nosed guenon whose gender isn't known yet, was born Oct. 8 to first-time mother Georgia and to father Nemo, zoo officials announced Oct. 9.

New photos show an adorable, rare ‘L’Hoest’ monkey born at Edinburgh Zoo. The baby arrived to parents Sheli and Jamal, after a five month gestation period. The infant is currently unnamed, but keepers ...