The Oakland Zoo has rescued a baby spider monkey after authorities found her in a drug bust earlier this month. They named the infant Violeta, who zoo staff say is in decent health and around 18 ...

The endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys that dangle high in the rainforest canopy are elusive and hard for scientists to track. So biologist Jenna Lawson hid 350 audio monitors in trees across Costa ...

Urgent action is needed to secure the future of a quarry which is home to a critically endangered species of spider, a charity has said. The invertebrate conservation trust Buglife has asked Plymouth ...

A critically endangered spider, which hasn’t been seen in the UK for four decades, has been rediscovered on the Isle of Wight. The National Trust’s Newtown National Nature Reserve hailed the discovery ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The Saint Louis Zoo is now home to four endangered spider monkeys who were seized from smugglers near the U.S. southern border. The Mexican spider monkeys were seized ...

Microhexura montivaga (Spruce-fir Moss Spider) is a federally endangered arachnid endemic to high-elevation montane conifer forests of the southern Appalachian Mountains. The spider is cryptic and ...

An endangered spider monkey found by deputies looking for drugs is doing well at a California zoo, officials reported. The animal’s owner agreed to surrender the monkey, now named Violeta, to the ...

Behind the scenes at the Brookfield Zoo, five spider monkeys are preparing to make their public debut this summer. Their journey began more than a year ago when they were confiscated from smugglers at ...

Violeta, who is being treated at the zoo’s veterinary hospital, cannot receive visitors at this time, the zoo said. Photo from Oakland Zoo An endangered spider monkey found by deputies looking for ...