Only seven chimpanzees are left in the Bossou forest, which is part of the Nimba Mountains Nature Reserve. Their habitat is only a short distance from subsistence farming communities of the ...

Jane looking at a map.” When Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees was broadcast on CBS on December 22, 1965, an estimated 25 million North American viewers tuned in—a huge audience ...

A tragic incident in Guinea saw a chimpanzee kill an infant after taking her from her mother, leading to an attack on a local research center by enraged residents. The event underscores how food ...

“A sign outside the chimpanzee habitat told me Betty and another chimpanzee, Wendy, had arrived in Dublin Zoo on May 3, 1964, five days before I was born. Betty and Wendy were lifelong ...

one of Save the Chimps' 12 island habitats. Tonka now has a fresh lease on life with the assistance of the sanctuary. The Save the Chimps caregivers mention that he has adjusted nicely to his new ...

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A new documentary about a woman’s unusual connection ...

During that period, the nonprofit’s primatologists observed his behavior to determine which chimp family group would be best to slowly integrate him into. Of the dozen island habitats on the ...

People living near a chimpanzee research center in Guinea attacked the facility on Friday after a woman said one of the animals had killed her infant, the center’s managers said. An angry crowd ...

Chimps and other apes have been observed making more than 80 meaningful gestures. Three theories have tried to explain why. By Carl Zimmer In the 1960s, Jane Goodall started spending weeks at a ...

eventually uprooting her life to work in the chimp habitat. She especially bonds with Tonka, a former Hollywood ape who starred in multiple movies including 1997's "Buddy," with Alan Cumming (the ...

Instead, the series wound up focusing on Haddix’s intense relationship with her movie-star pet chimpanzee Tonka and her ensuing battle against PETA after she faked the ape’s death.