SAN DIEGO — A Houston man has been sentenced to four months in custody for facilitating the smuggling of six baby Mexican spider monkeys into the United States from Mexico. 33-year-old Sarmad Ghaled ...

A Texas man will spend months in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking six endangered spider monkeys, according to federal prosecutors. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced ...

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 ...

OMAHA (KMTV) — The Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium has welcomed four new residents who survived a harrowing journey. Lily, Chicharra (Chichi), Rosa, and Tito, are juvenile Mexican spider monkeys, an ...

Three new Mexican spider monkeys are settling into their new home at the Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero. The new monkeys are just under a year old. They join the zoo's longtime resident spider ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Atascadero’s Charles Paddock Zoo has welcomed three cute new residents — a trio of young Mexican spider monkeys who have joined ...

A spider monkey and nearly $1 million in cocaine were intercepted during two separate and unrelated enforcement actions at the Texas-Mexico border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents say.