Poachers kill mothers to steal infants, worsening species decline as zoos struggle to care for rescued babies An unsettling trend is rising in spider monkeys being poached and sold on social media, ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. Bound, sedated and stuffed into bags: Poachers are ripping baby ...

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 ...

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 ...

Photos of the apes shared on social media show the monkeys inside of a carrier, swaddled in black cloths. It's unclear the condition the monkeys were found in or where they were taken to following ...