For most pet primates in the United States, life is marked by chronic stress, malnutrition and illness — if they survive at all. A bill in... Primate pet ownership fuels a brutal industry. This bill ...

The report identified more than 1,000 listings for primates on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube across a "six-week ...

Catchy videos advertising the sale of monkeys and other primates are increasingly spreading across social media putting both wild animals and humans in danger, according to a new report.

Violeta is an endangered Mexican spider monkey, about 18 months old, who was poached from the wild and smuggled into California, where it's illegal to keep primates as pets. (Oakland Zoo) On a recent ...

On a recent day at the Oakland Zoo's animal hospital, across the bay from San Francisco, an endangered Mexican spider monkey leaps onto tree branches, climbs across platforms and swings on ropes in a ...