Learn more about cross-species adoption and why there are so few recorded cases of it.

A group of male capuchin monkeys kidnapped baby howler monkeys – a different species – on a small island of Panama. Video shows the howler monkeys clinging to the male capuchin monkeys’ backs, but the ...

You're not allowed to have a pet monkey in Connecticut unless you got one before Oct. 1, 2010, according to state law.

Howler infant number 5 on the back of a juvenile capuchin carrier, who is using stone tools at an anvil site in a stream bed. Usually, this behavior in females is described as adoption, thought to be ...

No, it is not legal to have a pet monkey in Rhode Island, according to the Department of Environmental Management. Primates ...

Maybe you've seen the "Friends" episode where Ross adopts a pet monkey named Marcel – only to eventually give him to a zoo ...

Why are capuchin monkeys kidnapping howler monkey babies in Panama? We investigate this bizarre case of primate abduction with researchers working with the Smithsonian to get to the bottom of this ...

Pet Stop, a locally owned pet store and “indoor zoo,” has operated in Shawnee since 1976. Madeline King Inside Pet Stop, a locally owned pet store that’s been operating in Shawnee since 1976, is all ...

You're not allowed to have a pet monkey in Massachusetts, but you can have a domestic water buffalo.