Animal tails come in all shapes and sizes and serve many purposes, from balance and communication to defense and mating ...

Tails are an important part of the animal kingdom. And these serve a variety of purposes. It is important for locomotion as well as maintaining balance. Here are some animals with long tails ...

EUTAWVILLE, S.C. (WIS) - A spider monkey hanging on the side of a building isn’t something you’d normally see every day - especially in the small town of Eutawville. Eutawville Town Clerk Casey Hill ...

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 ...

Video and documents released to CBS News Texas by the Pelican Bay Police Department describe a cute furry Mexican spider monkey as a wild, dangerous animal that must go before a judge on Thursday in ...

A Pelican Bay woman, who told CBS News Texas that she is known by many as the "monkey woman," is willing to relinquish her furry companion, Abu. Carmen, whose first name we're using for now, faces no ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - It was a group effort to get four juvenile Mexican spider monkeys to their new home at the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha. With a rescue effort, the monkeys were saved ...

Join Clayton Collier & Mason Kern live as they get your ready for the Huskers game tonight on First Alert 6. The Huskers senior captain goes in-depth on transferring from USC ahead of playing his ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln Children’s Zoo is celebrating the birth of a prehensile-tailed porcupine. The baby porcupine, referred to as a porcupette, was born on Aug. 1 to mom, Nora, and dad, ...

Four spider monkeys now available for the public to see will not only be a fun new attraction at the St. Louis Zoo, but also will serve as a reminder of the horrors of wildlife trafficking, officials ...

ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) - Anyone can now visit the young Mexican spider monkeys living at the Saint Louis Zoo, but their journey was far from easy. Four young spider monkeys are now happily ...

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 ...