In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question still lingers—was it worth it?

Along with memorial messages, the website is collecting donations to improve the breeding environment for 10 chimpanzees.

Kyoto University's Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior has launched a memorial website for Ai, a chimpanzee known as a "genius " for her cognitive abilities, one month after she died ...

Chimpanzees may look like smaller, hairier versions of humans, but when a full-grown chimp decides to throw its weight around ...

A stolen syringe, a risky injection, and a two-year time jump reveal how the virus truly escaped containment, and why Patient ...

Bubbles, the oldest chimp in North America, inspects her gift box on her 63rd birthday on February 5, 2026, at Zoo Miami. Ron Magill Zoo Miami The Golden Girls of Zoo Miami, or “Grand Dames” as their ...

It is an uncommon privilege to have a career driven by passion. Those of us who devote ourselves to the protection and conservation of the natural world share that good fortune. We know that our work ...

A shriek broke the dawn on the savanna, followed by more screeches and the rustle of branches: The wild Fongoli chimps were bidding each other good morning in the dry, scraggly Sahel. The rare ...

Are helicopter parents the reason kids don’t turn rebellious until their teenage years, when they finally get some autonomy? Very possible, according to scientists who recently studied the development ...

A Washington D.C.-based nonprofit is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to consider a lawsuit that seeks to remove seven chimpanzees from an Upper Peninsula zoo and to legally recognize the primates as ...