Like most others who heard the tragic news, I was saddened to learn that five monkeys were shot and killed by sheriffs last week, and two others shot by area residents this week, when they escaped a ...

Second Chance Chimpanzee Refuge Liberia, based in Margibi County and with a set of estuarine sanctuary islands in the ...

BLUE RIDGE, GA — A former research lab chimpanzee has died at an animal sanctuary in north Georgia. Project Chimps, a nonprofit sanctuary for chimpanzees formerly used in research labs says ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sixty years ago, scientists embarked on an experiment to teach American Sign Language to chimpanzees—and ultimately prove humans ...

Chimpanzee sees the sky for the first time after freedom from caged lab Vanilla, a 28-year-old chimpanzee, was once caged in a lab facility in New York. After being freed, she sees the sky for the ...

WASHINGTON - Tan belly pressed to glass, Torian, a thigh-high, 4-year-old chimpanzee with a freckled face, wants to be scratched. When his veterinarian pretends to tickle Torian through the thick pane ...

New research on chimpanzees is forcing scientists to rethink where the line between human and animal minds really lies. In carefully designed experiments, chimps are not just grabbing at treats or ...

Laura M. MacLatchy receives funding from the Leakey Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the University of Michigan. Lauren Sarringhaus receives funding from the National Science Foundation, ...