Toni Skelton may get to keep her pet spider monkey in her Prairie Village home, but the permission to do so comes with a new set of rules that keeps the pet and its owners on a tighter leash. On ...

Earlier this month, Oakley Reign the spider monkey went somewhere new: Prairie Village City Hall. As the northeast Johnson County city considers changing its definition of dangerous wild animals to ...

To the editor: The recent case of a young spider monkey rescued during a drug bust in Vallejo highlights the urgent need to ban the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in this country (“Baby spider ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - A Tennessee man is facing charges after police say he threatened to blow up the University of Tennessee Veterinary Hospital. According to police, the incident ...

ST. LOUIS – At the Saint Louis Zoo in Primate Canopy Trails, a series of walkways and paths take visitors up close with four new, endangered spider monkeys. “We have Ozomatli, Chico, Xochitl, and Cula ...

A man from Portland, Tennessee, has been arrested after he allegedly threatened to blow up a veterinary hospital over the care of his pet spider monkey. As reported by WVLT, 37-year-old Joseph ...

A pet spider monkey broke free of its owner at a beloved fall festival and was running amok in its small South Carolina town until local leaders saved the day with a cup of joe. The teeny primate ...