This past October, residents of Mount Vernon, a neighborhood in South Africa, heard a commotion and found two troops of vervet monkeys clashing outside a snack shop on their street.

Between the Old World, which includes Africa and Asia, and the New World, which includes Mexico and Central and South America, there are well over 200 monkey species. Yet, nearly all species of baby ...

Two of six spider monkeys illegally brought into California are shown above with their troopmates where they are now living at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo. (U.S. Attorney's Office) A Texas man was busted ...

A group of male capuchin monkeys kidnapped baby howler monkeys – a different species – on a small island of Panama. Video shows the howler monkeys clinging to the male capuchin monkeys’ backs, but the ...

Plango, a langur monkey with bright orange fur, was rescued by Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE since ...

A 33-year-old Texas man was sentenced in San Diego federal court Friday for coordinating the smuggling of at least six protected baby Mexican spider monkeys through the Calexico Port of Entry, ...

In a Facebook post shared Jan. 29, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo announced a male saki monkey was born on Jan. 19.

Brookfield Zoo Chicago just got a whole lot cuter thanks to the arrival of a new baby squirrel monkey! And the best part? You can see this precious new arrival in person starting Friday, July 11, at ...

HOUSTON – A tiny baby monkey is being hand-raised at the Houston Zoo. Baby Betty – named after icon Betty White who died late last year – was found in the primate enclosure on Jan. 15. The baby was ...