Deep in the forests of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a story of animal intelligence and social cooperation has unfolded over the last decade. Researchers studying Geoffroy’s spider monkeys have ...

An unsettling trend is rising in spider monkeys being poached and sold on social media, and officials from the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are on the case to stop this practice from ...

He went straight to the snacks!

Adult female spider monkey Patty and one of four young spider monkeys who arrived at Saint Louis Zoo in spring 2025 after they were confiscated near the U.S. southern border walk through a tunnel at ...

A few months after being born, one of the newest monkeys at a Connecticut zoo still needs a name. Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo is holding an online poll, where individuals can vote to decide the name ...

City leaders approved a temporary agreement with firefighters that keeps current pay and benefits in place through the end of September, buying time for both si Chicks and bunnies may be cute Easter ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport welcomed a very special new addition just in time for New Year’s Day. The zoo announced the birth of an endangered black-handed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spider monkeys are some pretty entertaining creatures. They always find a way to grab someone’s attention, whether they intend to ...

Spider monkeys live in fluid social groups that split and reform, allowing information about food sources to spread across the population. By moving between subgroups, individual monkeys help create a ...