An uncommon embrace has Florida Tech professors studying new social behaviors in spider monkeys at the Brevard Zoo.

The Salisbury Zoo is mourning the loss of one of its black-handed spider monkeys, Dweasal. Dweasal, age 7, died Wednesday, ...

Because of the interactions, Florida Tech is working with the Brevard Zoo, which has a growing spider monkey population, to learn more about the monkey’s behavior with new research. "Seeing a ...

According to the spokesperson, the monkeys are between four and six weeks old, an ideal age for someone who wants a spider monkey as a pet. Wildlife conservation groups in Mexico are reportedly ...

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Spider monkeys who didn’t come from the same family and were strangers have been spotted hugging each other in unique pro-social interactions scientists haven’t seen before.