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A newly published study co-authored by University of South Florida alum Louis Coticchio and USF integrative biologist Deby Cassill challenges long-standing assumptions about the brown recluse spider, ...

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HATTIESBURG - Four juvenile spider monkeys are now calling the Hattiesburg Zoo home after being confiscated in an illegal pet ...

Hattiesburg Zoo welcomes four rescued spider monkeys after US border smuggling attempt. AZA, Species Survival Program aid ...

The four spider monkeys were nearly smuggled in lunch boxes over the border, but they now call the Hattiesburg Zoo home.

The Hattiesburg Zoo is now home to four juvenile spider monkeys that were rescued from an illegal smuggling attempt. Zoo ...

“This research shows that brown recluse spiders aren’t the boogeyman that everyone makes them out to be,” Coticchio said.

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