Image via Lincoln County A foster mom is in hot water after being accused of trading one of her children for a pet monkey.

Say it ain't so. Georgie Boy, a 12-year-old monkey with a huge following on social media, has died. His owners announced the sad news on Wednesday, writing that their beloved pet died following a ...

Monkeys are very diverse, intelligent, and interesting creatures, so it should be no small wonder that people like to keep ...

A pet monkey escaped from a home in southern Peru, broke into nearby residences, and wreaked havoc until rescuers arrived, officials said. Residents of a housing complex in Ica called nature ...

The unnamed monkey is popular with guests at the Tianjin Zoo because of his "distressed man" expressions Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

Far more people are purchasing monkeys online to keep as pets than the public realises, the owner of a sanctuary has said. Keeping a monkey as a pet is not illegal but has been condemned by animal ...

Monkeys also get caught in traps set for pigs ... “macaques that escape traps may lose a limb to loss of circulation.” The local pet trade thrives on captured or orphaned baby macaques ...

After patrons in Kayabuki Tavern, in Utsonomiya, have finished eating, the owners’ pet monkeys climb onto a makeshift stage at the back of the restaurant and obediently model a collection of ...

The RSCPA is calling for clarity from the UK Government with the future of thousands of pet monkeys in England uncertain. The RSPCA has welcomed new regulations, the Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) ...

Residents in Ica called wildlife officials to report an escaped pet monkey entering their homes and wreaking havoc. Photos show the rescued animal. Photo from Peru’s National Forestry and ...

A foster mom in Missouri faces charges of abuse and neglect and is accused of trading a teenage girl she was supposed to be caring for in exchange for a pet monkey, authorities said.