The tale of Sam the chimp – the controversial beer-drinking, cigarette-smoking chimpanzee once housed at what is now called ...

An Arkansas zoo’s newest addition doesn’t have any thumbs — but it’s considered an advantage. The white-furred monkey was ...

Complicated births may not have arisen in humans as a trade-off between our need for big brains and pelvises suitable for upright walking, new research in chimps suggests.

The Macon County Animal Control is out of space for animals looking for future homes, with the shelter offering special ...

NIH representatives confirmed in an email that the transfer of the 23 chimps from the Alamogordo Primate Facility at Holloman Air Force Base in southern New Mexico will happen in the coming months.

Retired research chimps from New Mexico are moving to Chimp Haven, the world's largest chimpanzee sanctuary, in Louisiana. The National Institutes of Health confirmed to the Associated Press on ...

"Given this uncertainty, NIH has determined that the best course of action for the welfare of all these chimpanzees is to relocate them to the federal sanctuary at Chimp Haven."Agency spokesperson ...

But as a study published on November 8th in the journal, iScience, details, even chimps appear susceptible to the “audience effect” in certain social situations. [Related: Chimp conversations ...