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This begs the question, why not add Apple to that list? iMessages for Android would make ample sense, enabling iPhone users to send free messages to those of their friends who got sold an Android phone. That just seems to be a logical ...  

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(Phys.org) -- For as long as people have coexisted with other animals, they have debated amongst themselves whether some animals have some of the same personality traits as humans or if it’s just anthropomorphism at work. Many believe dogs, for example, have unique personalities, e.g. a cranky disposition, laziness, or even signs of neuroticism. More recently researchers have argued over whether apes, which of course are much closer to us in...  

Whether you enjoy pictures of mighty adult apes or their tiny and adorable offspring, it is most important to recognize that gorillas are endangered. Represented by two species -- the eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei) and western gorilla ...  

A few kilometres north of the gorilla sector, overlooked by both the FARDC and rebels armed with anti-aircraft guns, Joseph Tibeshu and his wife Veronika Nylabitamu are two of three remaining residents in what was once a busy village. It is now a frontline.  

The 1967 behind the scenes pictures, shot in California, show simians smoking, relaxing in the shade and even reading the Daily Mail - which must have been shipped in specially for British actor Maurice Evans, who played Dr Zaius. The photos also pull back ...  

How do you get notoriously shy mountain gorillas to accept the presence of humans in their midst? The secret lies in a process called habituation, experts say.  

London: Scientists in Cameroon have warned that eating monkeys and apes could cause the next HIV, it was reported here Saturday. They are already tracking a HIV-like virus called simian foamy virus, and fear more viruses could spread and lead to a global ...  

Intense fighting between rebel factions and the Congolese army spread to Virunga Park this week, threatening a critical UNESCO world heritage site and the endangered mountain gorillas. In an email conversation, Emmanuel de Merode confirmed that there was ...  

A healthy number of small to mid-sized tech firms are carving out a niche in the security and defence sector around the nation's capital. With the world's corporations and governments becoming more aware of a threat landscape that includes cyber-espionage and hacker collectives, it's an opportune time to work together and make an international push to draw in new clients.  

LONDON: Scientists in Cameroon have warned that eating monkeys and apes could cause the next HIV, it was reported here Saturday. They are already tracking a HIV-like virus called simian foamy virus, and fear more viruses could spread and lead to a global ...  

They are already tracking a HIV-like virus called simian foamy virus, and fear more viruses could spread and lead to a global health crisis. 80 per cent of the meat eaten in Cameroon is killed in the wild and is known as ‘bushmeat’,with gorilla ...  

(ABC News Videos)Found mostly on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, the Cross River gorilla, which is a subspecies of the Western gorilla, is the most endangered of the African apes. "The footage provides us with our first tantalizing glimpses of ...  

London, May 26 (IANS) Scientists in Cameroon have warned that eating monkeys and apes could cause the next HIV, it was reported here Saturday. They are already tracking a HIV-like virus called simian foamy virus, and fear more viruses could spread and lead ...  

Brett Smith for RedOrbit.com Heavily armed Congolese rebels taking refuge in their country’s Virunga National Park are placing endangered mountain gorillas under additional threat, according to conservation officials. The park is home to a large portion of the world’s remaining 800 mountain gorillas and park officials said that the situation means conservation efforts must be either modified or placed on hold. "We are deeply concerned with...  

Scientists in Cameroon have issued a stern warning to the people living in Africa, that eating meat of monkeys and apes could eventually lead to the next HIV. This warning comes in wake of the HIV-like virus called simian foamy virus that the scientists ...  

Fighting between the national army and rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is threatening mountain gorillas, a critically endangered species, the Virunga National Park said Sunday, according to ...  

Fact: Humans and apes share a common ancestor. In that sense, we are apes. Reaction from educated people: It’s awe-inspiring that all living things share common ancestors! Reaction from Creationist Ken Ham: HOW DARE YOU CALL ME AN APE?! Ham sees the whole idea as an insult and the fact that the San Diego Zoo [...]  

For the first time ever, conservationists have captured video footage of Cross River gorillas in their natural environment, thanks to a camera trap secreted in a forest in Cameroon. The elusive gorillas are some of the most elusive animals on Earth.  

Fighting between the national army and rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is threatening mountain gorillas, a critically endangered species, the Virunga National Park said Sunday.  

Heat Vision is reporting that Twentieth Century Fox has hired Contagion writer Scott Z. Burns to pen the sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes , which earned $481.8 million worldwide last year on a budget of $93 million. The site says the follow-up "is taking the story to the next level, with the apes on the path to emerge as society’s new rulers." The original film's writers, Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa, were previously brought...  

The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International is currently working, in an organized effort with the Congolese nature authorities (ICCN) to rescue three orphaned infant gorillas in the Walikale territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo. These confisc...  

Rise of the Planet of the Apes was one of the biggest surprises of 2011. Directed by relative newcomer Rupert Wyatt and delving back into a franchise that most people felt had long since died, the movie’s high quality helped it break out as a undeniable hit, grossing $176 million domestically. As tends to be the [...]  

Following the success of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, there was plenty of buzz about a sequel coming together sooner than later. Director Rupert Wyatt had the option for a sequel built into his initial contract, and last November, Fox made sure to lock down Andy Serkis to reprise his role as the revolutionary ape Caesar. Since then, development has been somewhat stagnant. But now THR reports Contagion and The Bourne Ultimatum writer Scott Z...  

The orangutan handlers at the Miami Zoo are testing out a new method of communicating with the captive orange apes. Trainers at Jungle Island are getting the apes to interact with simplistic apps on Apple iPads, opening new possibilities for human-orangutan interaction. So far, as the Sun Sentinel reports, the younger apes are taking to the technology quickly, while the older orangutans appear less interested....  

Send us your favourite primate-related popMonkeys are our nearest relatives in the animal world. They're intelligent, and have some of their features in a similar place to humans. Apes are a different class of primate, principally because they haven't got tails. But both have a special place in our hearts – and in popular culture.But while we have affection for our hairy cousins, we don't necessarily want to be likened to a monkey, seeing...  

(CNN)-- Fighting between the national army and rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is threatening mountain gorillas, a critically endangered species, the Virunga National Park said Sunday. Just two of the park's five gorilla ...  

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iPads are everywhere, even in the orangutan cages at Miami's Jungle Island. As reported by Fox News, the Florida zoo is experimenting with iPads and using them to communicate with their apes. The apes are using a graphics-rich app designed to communicate with autistic children. Not surprisingly, it's the younger apes that are most adept at picking up the iPad, while the older ones just ignore it. Linda Jacobs, who oversees the iPad...  

5/25/2012 3:16:00 PM By: Brian Jackson MMIST had to convince the military it wasn’t just a solution for special circumstances, but also offered cost savings and safety benefits in scenarios that are most difficult for ground transport. In industry terms ...  

Conservationists struck gorilla gold after placing a motion-sensing camera trap in the habitat of the Cross River gorilla, Treehugger reports: Numbering as few as 250 individuals, the rarest of African apes has scarcely been observed in the wild, even by...  

A gorilla named Motuba that lives at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo got into a fight sometime last week and ended up with a broken jaw. Motuba is a 27-year-old silverback gorilla and zoo officials believe that Motuba likely got in a fight with the younger gorilla seeking a more dominant position in the tribe. Read The Full Story  

Briefly: Rupert Wyatt didn’t exactly come out of nowhere to direct Rise of the Planet of the Apes, as he already had his name on The Escapist and Subterrain. But the unlikely success of his Apes prequel definitely put him on the map for a lot of audiences. Wyatt is tapped to make another Apes [...]  

There was an interesting little nugget of information in the TSMC financial results this morning. The company was planning to develop 20nm manufacturing capabilities, but they’re not the only ones hoping to achieve that goal. GlobalFoundries has announced that it has installed specialty production tools at its New York plant capable of 3D stacking 20nm Read The Full Story  

While Nintendo is arguably the console maker best known for its wide stable of easy-to-milk established franchises, Sony has been building up its own impressive roster of exclusive series over the last couple of decades. So it's not that much of a shock that the company is throwing many of its biggest titles together into a Smash Bros.-style fighting game it's calling PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale...  

London: People usually ascribe sightings of mermaids to sea-weary mariners mistaking large animals like manatees for the mythical creatures. However, a new theory has suggested that they might have seen ‘sea apes’ instead. A separate strand ...  

While we're working on our write-up of the recently-completed 20th Century Fox presentation at CinameCon--including first footage from diverse movies such as the R-rated comedy Neighborhood Watch , the (presumably) PG comedy Parental Guidance , the upcoming action sequel Taken 2 , and Ang Lee's epic Life of Pi (you can read that here )--Fox Co-Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Fox Filmed Entertainment Tom Rothman dropped a hint...  

Peter Chernin the former presidentCOO of News Corp who oversaw the Fox television and film division has reportedly received an infusion of 200 million into his three-year-old The Chernin Group from an investment group led by Providence Equity Partners The...  

The Little Rock Zoo is celebrating gorillas this weekend from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Trudy, the second oldest gorillas in captivity, is celebrating her 55 birthday.   The only known gorilla older than Trudy is Colo at Columbus Zoo.   She was born December 22, 1956, and is famous for being the first gorilla to be born in captivity.   Trudy's estimated birthday is April 1st of 1957.  She came to the Little Rock Zoo in 1988.  In the wild, the...  

Do not adjust your LCD monitor: What you're looking at really is a bonobo bust stuck on top of a mobile, robotic base. Dubbed the RoboBonobo, the robot will eventually be controlled by apes armed with wireless Android tablets -- and it'll even be equipped with a water cannon.  

Samsung has borrowed a leaf out of Apple’s retail guidebook, announcing a deal with UK handset merchants Phones 4u to put a special Samsung-branded store inside its flagship London location. The new concession will open on Friday this week, and offer what’s promised to be the largest range of working Samsung demo hardware available to Read The Full Story  

Magic Meerkat Moments: In this clip from BBC's Planet Earth Live, we get to see meerkats, which have become so acclimated to film crews that they now view them as part of the landscape and use them for shade and as vantage points. [via]  

A video camera trap in Cameroon captured images of the world's rarest gorilla, a notoriously elusive species rarely observed by humans, conservationists say. The camera trap in Cameroon's Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary has collected the first video footage of the Cross River gorilla, a species with fewer than 250 individuals remaining, the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society reported Tuesday. In the footage, eight Cross River gorillas...  

Sightings of mermaids are often ascribed to sea-weary mariners mistaking large animls such as manatees for the mythical creatures. But a new theory suggests they might have seen 'sea apes' instead. A separate strand of primates evolved to live in the sea, according to a new documentary - and sightings of the 'sea apes' were described as mermaids. 'It's a very radical theory on human evolution, but we have approached an age-old myth and really...  

In what is described as the best footage to date, the elusive Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) has been caught on tape. The video above, from conservationists at the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary in Cameroon, shows the primates milling ...  

The Cross River gorillas are an elusive bunch: there are fewer 250 individuals left of this western gorilla subspecies, and, understandably, they are afraid of humans. A few hours ago, though, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced that they’d managed to capture a tape of 8 gorillas—about 3% of the remaining population—in their native Cameroonian habitat, by using a motion-activated camera. It’s a fascinating glimpse into the behavior of...  

London, May 24: People usually ascribe sightings of mermaids to sea-weary mariners mistaking large animals like manatees for the mythical creatures. However, a new theory has suggested that they might have seen ‘sea apes’ instead.  

Missouri Southern and Pittsburg State qualifiers will get an early start today in the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championship. The three-day meet starts at noon CDT in Pueblo, Colo. Southern senior Lisa Vengels will run the 100-meter hurdles ...  

Photographer James Mollison took portraits of more than 50 apes. "I decided against photographing in zoos or using ‘animal actors’ but traveled to Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia to meet orphans of the bush meat trade and live pet trade," he said. Mollison compiled the series, titled James and Other [...]  

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M is playing an important role in improving the visitor experience at one of the nation’s most beloved attractions. New acoustic tiles installed this week in the Great Ape House at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., are helping dramatically reduce noise levels, and allowing visitors to better appreciate the animals and their habitat. The Great Ape House, home to six western lowland gorillas...  

Conservationists with the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have found that larger male gorillas living in the rainforests of Congo seem to be more successful than smaller ones at attracting mates and even raising young.  

Conservationists with the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have found that larger male gorillas living in the rainforests of Congo seem to be more successful than smaller ones at attracting mates and even raising young.  

Study in Congo protected area helps researchers understand selective factors in gorilla behavior and reproduction Conservationists with the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have found that larger male gorillas living in the rainforests of Congo seem to be more successful than smaller ones at attracting mates and even raising young. The study—conducted over a 12-year period in Nouabal...  

Very few people have ever seen a Cross River gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla diehli ), the rarest and most endangered of the world’s four gorilla subspecies. Only about 250 to 300 of these animals exist in the world, and they have almost never been photographed in the wild.Well, you’re in for a treat. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) this week released the first camera trap video footage of Cross River gorillas. The footage, shot in...  

Now that Twentieth Century Fox has its X-Men: First Class sequel lined up to shoot early next year, the studio is concentrating on its other successful 2011 franchise reboot, Planet of the Apes prequel Rise of the Planet of the Apes. According to THR, Contagion screenwriter Scott Z. Burns has been hired to work on the script for the sequel. Seems like a good fit. Rise saw chimpanzees start to gain a level of human intelligence after being...  

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Scott Z. Burns, the man who wrote last years "Contagion", has been given the task by Fox to write the sequel to the 2011 hit movie, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" -- taking over the pen from the previous scribes, Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa.  Although it is unclear whether this is going to be a complete or partial rewrite.    The new movie is thought to take up eight years after the original film ended, with the human society being...  

Bristol Zoo's baby gorilla Kukena takes some of his first steps as he ventures out of his enclosure with his mother Salome at Bristol Zoo's Gorilla Island on May 4, 2012 in Bristol, England. The seven-month-old western lowland gorilla is starting to find his feet as he learns to walk having been born at the zoo in September. Kukena joins a family of gorillas at the zoo that are part of an international conservation breeding programme for the...  

Rise of the Planet of the Apes proved to be a sizable sleeper hit for Fox last summer. In an interview at CinemaCon, Fox CEO Tom Rothman told Steve that the studio was “pushing forward aggressively” on a sequel, in anticipation of a possible summer 2014 release date. Director Rupert Wyatt and star (no offense to James Franco) Andy Serkis were both already set to return; today comes news that Contagion and The Bourne Ultimatum scribe Scott. Z...  

We don't need to rehash the story of how "Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes" became the unexpected box office hit of last summer. We'll let the $480 million-plus worldwide haul for the movie speak for itself. The sequel has been brewing for a while now, with Fox locking up Andy Serkis for multiple films last year, Rupert Wyatt committed to direct and a potential 2014 release date on the horizon. And by the looks of things, Fox is ready to class...  

The Fringe is a place where non-horror genre films can get some play on Shock.  These films might be sci-fi, fantasy or action - and certainly contain some horror elements - but will likely be light on scares, or, straight-up "horror."  Still, they might be of interest to you. This seems like a natural fit...  THR reports Scott Z. Burns is being brought in to work on the script for the sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes.  Burns also...  

A camera placed in a forest in Cameroon has captured rare footage of a band of Cross River gorillas – one of the most elusive species on earth – in their natural habitat. The two minutes of footage posted to YouTube by the Wildlife Conservation...  

Until now Yeboah has remained a blackback gorilla - a sexually mature male of up to 11 years of age - but he is expected to turn into a silverback as he learns to dominate his new group. Keeper Daniel Simmonds said: ''Yeboah's a very charming gorilla and ...  

Touch screens and smartphones are big business, but it's not just human beings that are tapping into the technology. Zookeepers across North America are using iPads to communicate with orangutans. And some of the same patterns seen in people using technology are also being observed in apes. As a part of our special series, Al Jazeera's Caroline Malone takes a look at how great apes are getting to grips with the latest gadgets.  

You have to hand it to Apple, don’t you… Two 8-year-old twin orangutans at Miami’s Jungle Island zoo, draw, play games and communicate using an iPad tablet. The park is one of several zoos experimenting with the interaction of apes and computers, allowing six orangutans to use Apple’s tablet to communicate as part of a [...]  

Over 150,000 people have viewed the short clip on YouTube, where the 21-year-old is captured strolling around Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent. A second and longer clip of Ambam has since been posted on the video-sharing site. Phil Ridges, gorilla keep ...  

Just a couple of quick news bits including word Contagion scripter Scott Z. Burns is getting involved with the Rise of the Planet of the Apes script and a first look at Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh on the set of Hitchcock.  

People are not the only ones picking up on current trends in technology. The six orangutans at the Jungle Island zoological park in Miami have been using iPads to play games and learn about vocabulary. Orangutan caregiver Linda Jacobs describes how the process works and which orangutans are doing particularly well.  

Brett Smith for RedOrbit.com A system of video camera traps set by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has captured evidence of the Cross River gorilla, a notoriously reclusive and endangered species of primate. “The video represents the best images to date of Cross River gorillas, normally shy animals that flee at the slightest hint of human presence,” said WCS director Christopher Jameson. “The footage provides us with our first...  

Conservationists working in Cameroon’s Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary have collected the first camera trap video footage of the Cross River gorilla. With fewer than 250 individuals remaining, Cross River gorillas are the world’s rarest gorilla and a notoriously elusive species rarely observed directly by field researchers.  

Sony’s slimmed down the number of televisions it’ll launch into the Australian market in 2012, with a focus on picture quality and smart TV – -but not “games and gimmicks”. According to Sony, it’s all about the content. I just had a brief hands-on session with the top of the line 55″ $3999 HX850, an impressive display screen — but then it’d wa ...  

Synchronized ApesChimpanzee reading car-magazineBaby snow monkey sucking on my shoelacesNew born Camel stands up for the first timePenguin walks up slopeCow Makes Llama LaughPiglet thinks it's a dogFunny GorillaLamb Jumps Around Like a Meth Addict  

A rare species of gorillas was captured on one of four video cameras set up in Cameroon’s Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. Cross River gorillas are said to be the world’s rarest gorillas, with only ...  

This week's Ketchup includes news about sequels for Blade Runner and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, biopics about CBGB and Apple Computers, and new roles for Cate Blanchett, Taylor Lautner, Liam Neeson, and Channing Tatum.  

Professional photographer and traveler, Bill Williams, shares his latest adventure in Uganda and his encounters with its mountain gorillas. His photography captures the beauty and grace of the mountain gorillas of Uganda and provides a portrait ...  

Man evolved from apes. This isn’t new information, since the theory of evolution was drilled into our heads early on in school. And even though we’re just a few chromosomes different from these apes, the differences are massive. Apes look different, they act different, and they communicate differently as well.…  

MrSeb writes "Ken Schweller, a computer scientist and psychologist, and also the chairman of the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa, has a vision: He wants to put wireless Android tablets in the hands of bonobo apes. The Great Ape Trust Sanctuary is home to seven bonobos, including the world-famous Kanzi, and two orangutans. So far the Sanctuary has focused almost exclusively on language, with the bonobos and their keepers communicating...  

In Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a young scientist experiments with genetically modified chimpanzees, inadvertently making one exhibit human-like behavior. I thought of the movie as I was listening to the live webcast of Svante Paabo's talk at the Genomes Environments Trait conference (not sure if/when there will be an archival copy of the talks available).Paabo was discussing how scientists had identified amino acid substitutions in the...  

Kate Wong reports on chimpanzee and bonobo presentations at the AAPA meetings: "Why chimpanzees kill". As for the bonobos, [Michael Wilson's] study bolsters the claim that they are less aggressive than chimpanzees: there were no clear-cut homicides in any of the bonobo communities. Another presentation given at the meeting provided a possible clue to the apparent absence of male aggression among these apes: Victoria Wobber of Harvard...  

The rarest gorilla on Earth, the elusive Cross River gorilla, has been caught on film by a hidden camera trap for the first time ever ... much less see anything like this." In a movie-worthy moment (at about 1:10 in the video), a massive silverback ...  

This past week saw Hollywood types descend on Las Vegas, not for a "The Hangover" reboot, but for the annual CinemaCon trade show, which sees all the studios showing off their upcoming wares for exhibitors and members of the press. And this year was a big one, with footage from "The Dark Knight Rises," "The Hobbit," "Les Miserables," "Prometheus," "The Great Gatsby" and many, many more among the headliners. Indeed, there was so much going...  

No, Hollywood wasn't filming the next Jane Goodall documentary in Mankato. More than 450 primates running down the street on Saturday, April 21, were part of the Gorilla Run, a fundraiser for the Miracle League of North Mankato and the Fallenstein Foundation, the group that built and maintains Mankato's Fallenstein Field, where children can play in baseball and softball leagues regardless of physical or mental disabilities.  

While ComingSoon.net is working on its write-up of the recently-completed 20th Century Fox presentation at CinameCon - including first footage from diverse movies such as the R-rated comedy Neighborhood Watch, the (presumably) PG comedy Parental Guidance, the upcoming action sequel Taken 2, and Ang Lee's epic Life of Pi - Fox Co-Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Fox Filmed Entertainment Tom Rothman dropped a hint that we may be seeing a...  

Conservationists working in Cameroon’s Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary have collected the first camera trap video footage of the Cross River gorilla. With fewer than 250 individuals remaining, Cross River gorillas are the world’s rarest gorilla and a notoriously elusive species rarely observed directly by field researchers. Watch the video here at Cryptomundo.  

May 9 - Video images of the world's rarest and most endangered gorilla species, the Cross River gorilla, have been captured by a forest camera-trap for the first time. There are thought to be no more than 300 Cross River gorillas in the wild and conservationists hope the footage will prompt efforts to help save the species from extinction. Rob Muir reports.  

In a recurring feature, here are links to some more articles I’ve read recently that might be of interest: Luxury car program brings cancer patients to treatment in style (KVUE-TV, Austin) – a great non-profit effort started by a former colleague at Dell, addressing a very important part of the care value stream — getting [...]  

Conservationists working in Cameroon's Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary have collected the first camera trap video footage of the Cross River gorilla. With fewer than 250 individuals remaining, Cross River gorillas are the world's rarest gorilla and a notoriously elusive species rarely observed directly by field researchers.  

Leah Steele stepped up to the plate in the top of the seventh with her team down by two runs against Pittsburg State. The senior singled to left field to give the Griffons a needed runner on base. Catcher Kat Steponovich doubled on the next at-bat, running Steele in for the score, putting the Griffons [...]  

The famous Tarzan victory cry was introduced to the world in Edgar Rice Burroughs' first Tarzan novel, Tarzan of the Apes. But the actual sound of this jungle cry was left open to interpretation. In all likelihood the first Tarzan yell was created in 1918 by the first screen actor to portray the Lord of the Jungle on film: Elmo Lincoln. Unfortunately this was a silent film and the sound of Elmo's original yell will probably remain a mystery...  

NEW YORK, May 8 (UPI) -- A video camera trap in Cameroon captured images of the world's rarest gorilla, a notoriously elusive species rarely observed by humans, conservationists say. The camera trap in Cameroon's Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary has ...  

The Menzingers have posted one of the B-sides from their Epitaph Records debut, On the Impossible Past. In related news, the band spoke to The Moonraker Podcast about their new tour bus, their upcoming US/European tour with The Bouncing Souls. Find that via iTunes.  

Bonobo Chat is an app that enables Bonobo apes and humans to communicate through lexigrams—abstract symbols that represent words. Bonobos or humans can compose lexigram sequences using the app’s touchscreen interface. Humans can also speak English and have the app translate their speech to lexigrams. Additionally, the app will allow Bonobos to operate remote doors, [...]  

Lowland gorillas are found in Kahuzi Biega, and Tshiabirimu National Parks in Walikale, DR Congo. They are different from mountain gorillas. Dr Jean Felix Kinani of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (MGVP) said Ihirwe's blood samples were collected ...  

It's exactly what you think it is, unless you think it's an LMFAO video, which it very well could be. [io9] Read more posts by Eliot Glazer Filed Under: clickables ,movies ,planet of the apes ,charlton heston  

Media Bias: The charade ended long ago in regard to the dominant media's "objectivity." Tuesday's love letter to President Obama from the chairman of the Associated Press just confirms the obvious. The only thing separating AP Chairman and newspaper mogul Dean Singleton's gushing introduction of President Obama to an Associated Press luncheon in a fancy Washington hotel from an Obama 2012 campaign rally was the absence of the line, "and now...  

James and Other Apes I was going to post the synopsis of this project but realised that I had already formed the same thoughts as the artist before I read his description. These are great photos. [more inside]  

In the movie Planet of the Apes, intelligent apes took over Earth - actually, that may not be too farfetched, as researchers recently discovered that monkeys can "read" words: The six baboons used the computers up to 3,000 times a day, notching up an average total of 50,000 "trials" over a month and a half. [...]  

Rarest Gorilla: Cross River Gorilla Image Credit: Wildlife Conservation Society Cross River gorillas, considered as the world’s rarest gorilla, were seen in the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary at a Cameroon forest. Eight rarest Cross River gorillas were caught on video by one of four hidden camera traps of the Wildlife Conservation Society, according to reports by [...]  

After the disaster that was Tim Burton's Planet of The Apes remake, who would have ever guessed that this prequel to the original would end up being so good? The cast is fantastic, particularly John Lithgow and ESPECIALLY Andy Serkis. Serkis's performance ...  

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- As the rest of the country goes ape over the prospect of cashing in on the Mega Millions' record $540 million jackpot, a gorilla at an Ohio zoo is offering her predictions. In a Friday appearance on ABC's Good Morning America, Colo at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium was presented a pile of onions marked 1 through 56, for her five main selections, and a pile of turnips marked 1 through 46, for her Mega Ball choice. Her...  

COLUMBUS — As the rest of the country goes ape over the prospect of cashing in on the Mega Millions’ record $540 million jackpot, a gorilla at an Ohio zoo is offering her predictions. In a Friday appearance on ABC's Good Morning America, Colo at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium was presented a pile of onions marked 1 through 56, for her five main selections, and a pile of turnips marked 1 through 46, for her Mega Ball choice. Her onion...  

Heart disease is a leading killer of great apes in captivity. Atlanta's zoo is home to the Great Ape Heart Project, which is dedicated to understanding, diagnosing and treating heart disease in the four types of great apes. (April 20)  

"Usually you can tell what they like by the attention they give to it," Keith wrote me in an email. "Patrick will watch National Geographic videos about gorillas from start to finish. He also vocalizes and reacts to the gorillas in the video in species ...  

Ahh, yes the intoxicating romance of revolution. Surely you know of the feeling. The shouts of the rushing crowds, the roar of the cannons, bombs and destruction galore as dictatorships finally crumble and fall,...read more  

Or if you're checking out the gorillas, then you drop the ball of your relationship. Or you lose count of your balls (ahem).So, for anyone who is sad about being single, I would suggest that an upside is getting to see the gorillas. And even meet them ...  

striking his chest with cupped hands, a motion that produces a high, distinctive, almost yodeling sound, and as he falls back on all fours, you can see the silver hair on his back. Shortly afterward, a gorilla missing its left hand moves across ...  

I have to admit I was extremely skeptical about the most recent Planet of the Apes reboot. 

 I love the 1967 Planet of the Apes and sure there was a need for a remake, or a prequel because the end of the original Apes explained it all.  

Orangutans are great communicators, whether if it's through sign language or gestures or sounds they make. Now, trainers at Jungle Island in Miami are using technology to help the apes communicate with humans. (May 9th)  

Video images of the world's rarest and most endangered gorilla species, the Cross River gorilla, have been captured by a forest camera-trap for the first time. There are thought to be no more ...  

Orangutans are great communicators, whether if it's through sign language or gestures or sounds they make. Now, trainers at Jungle Island in Miami are using technology to help the apes communicate with humans.  

and the Eisner-Award winning Locke & Key series, created by best-selling author Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints, and Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe!  

When they are ready to snuggle up at the tops of trees, great apes make themselves cozy "nests" in which to rest for the night. New studies of these one-night nests reveal their incredible complexity. [More]  

The original 'Planet of the Apes' definitely belongs in the 60's.  That's not to say that it isn't entertaining now but dated effects, silly concept and hopeless overacting, along with sets that seemed ripped straight from the original 'Star Trek' series ...  

Scott Z. Burns is plotting the global domination of the primates. The "Contagion" scribe has been hired to write the sequel to last year's hit reboot "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," joining original director Rupert Wyatt and returning star Andy Serkis ...  

And the embryonic film is now going through a typical sequel convulsion, with Contagion writer Scott Z Burns hired to craft the latest ... How far along they are remains to be seen. Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa have worked on the first draft, and the ...  

OMAHA — A gorilla injured in a fight at an Omaha zoo has returned to his home. Motuba, a 27-year-old silverback gorilla better known as "Tubby," was treated at the Nebraska Medical Center on May 5 for a fractured jaw. Motuba and a younger gorilla ...  

with the apes on the path to emerge as society’s new rulers. After the movie proved to be a hit, Fox locked up Andy Serkis, who acted as Caesar, the lead ape, and has director Rupert Wyatt on deck to return as well. Original writers Amanda Silver and ...  

The devastating aftermath of last year’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” will get a story authored by someone well-versed in the world of apocalyptic scenarios. “Contagion” writer Scott Z. Burns has been chosen to script the sequel to ...  

Director Rupert Wyatt expressed his desire at a sequel not long after the movie was released and he is set to return to the director's chair for the project. Burns has penned the likes of The Bourne Ultimatum, The Informant and Contagion in recent years.  

After the film’s impressive opening last year, director Rupert Wyatt seemed like a sure thing to return for the next installment; however, in recent weeks, it came to light that he might not be locked down for the project after all. According to the ...  

One of the high points of any visit to Rwanda must be an excursion to see the mountain gorillas. Virunga Safari Lodge makes an excellent base to do so.  

Fox made sure the breakout star of the original, Andy Serkis, would return by offering him a 7 figure deal and with Rupert Wyatt already under contract to direct all that is needed is the script. Well, that obstacle has now been taken care of as ...  

or the showdown on the fogbound Golden Gate Bridge, have stuck with me long after entire plots of other summer movies have escaped me entirely. Nearly a year later, the movie that looked like a surefire summer flop now has me anxiously awaiting ...  

A family of six orangutans at Miami's Jungle Island Zoological Park have been introduced to Apple iPads in an effort to bridge the communication gap between humans and the endangered animals. Finally, a believable explanation for how apes will get smart enough to enslave their human overlords -- had we only taken 20th Century Fox's Planet of the Apes franchise seriously. Today, the Herald Sun reported the orangutans -- who share 97% of their...  

The world’s rarest gorillas were recently caught on film by a hidden camera trap in Cameroon. The Christian Science Monitor reports that this is the first time that the elusive Cross River gorilla has been caught on camera. Christopher Jameson ...  

(CNN)-- Hidden high among the forested volcanoes of central Africa, the mountain gorilla was unknown to science until 1902, when two were first encountered by a German explorer -- and promptly killed. It set the tone for the relationship.  

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A gorilla known for being the patriarch of a renowned gorilla surrogacy program at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio died on Friday at an estimated age of 47, the zoo said. The popular gorilla, Mumbah, was eating breakfast with ...  

(CNN) -- "Good. Hold," said great ape keeper Amanda Bania to the 200-pound gorilla Kojo as she held what looked like a computer mouse to his back. The western lowland gorilla leaned his back against his cage at the National Zoo in Washington while being ...  

Video's power as a direct-marketing tool was on vivid display at last month's ACE Awards, presented by the New York chapter of the Business Marketing Association. Video in its various forms—both short for TV and longer for the Internet ...  

While at CinemaCon, FOX Fox CEO Tom Rothman told Collider that the studio was "pushing forward aggressively" on the sequel. Now Heat Vision reported Tuesday that the film officially has a writer in Scott Z. Burns, who scribed “Contagion ...  

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At the same time, a virus breaks out that causes the collapse of human society with the apes on the path to emerge as society’s new rulers. Andy Serkis, who played Caesar, the lead ape, and director Rupert Wyatt will be returning.  

Believe it or not, Betty White hangs out with gorillas in her spare time. One in particular, an ape name Koko who talks through sign language. "Oh, Koko is my girl," the "Hot in Cleveland" actress and author remarks at the Los Angeles Times ...  

the world’s rarest gorilla was caught on film in central Africa for all to see. Video footage was recently released to the public showing a group of eight Cross River gorillas making their way through their natural environment in a Cameroon forest.  

Sydney's Taronga Zoo has a new silverback gorilla. Kibali is a western lowland gorilla, and he's been brought in to breed with the females in Taronga's colony. The 11-year-old primate was selected for his genes and calm personality, and is expected to fit ...  

If you want to mate and successfully raise your young, it pays to be big. At least among gorillas. Larger male gorillas living in the rainforests of Congo are more successful than smaller ones at attracting mates and even raising young, suggests a new ...  

"Cross River gorillas occur in very low densities across their ... National Geographic Society; Fauna and Flora International; Pandrillus; the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF); Cleveland Zoological Society; Kolmarden Zoo; Taronga ...  

An outstanding team try finished off by centre Scott Burgess stretched the score to 45-20 before Rhinos centre Moses Manu showed great speed through the ruck to sprint away and score the final try as the Rhinos dominated the final stages of the contest.  

The Cross River gorilla is one of the world's most endangered animals, with less than 300 of the apes remaining. They're hard for researchers to find, and at one point, the species was believed extinct until a few were spotted in the 1980s in ...  

POWELL, Ohio (AP) — A gorilla who was an adoptive father to 16 gorillas has died at an Ohio zoo. He was believed to be age 47. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said Mumbah (MUHM-ba) was eating breakfast with his family when he collapsed on Friday morning.  

The money has helped sponsor wardens’ wages, uniforms and trucks in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, supporting the work of the rangers who protect the threatened gorillas. Funds also went to opening an orphan facility in ...  

The money has helped sponsor wardens’ wages, uniforms and trucks in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, supporting the work of the rangers who protect the threatened gorillas. Funds also went to opening an orphan facility in ...  

Linda Jacobs, who oversees the program ... Houston and elsewhere. Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium does not have the program in place. A similar project has been in use for some time with the bonobos at Great Ape Trust in Des Moines.  

TWO corporate "gorillas" should be held responsible for the collapse of trucking firm 1st Fleet, leaving about 1000 jobs at risk, according to the head of the Transport Workers Union. The market dominance of Coles and Woolworths forced prices down across ...  

VIDEO: Lady Gaga Comparisons "Irk" Nicki Minaj In the spot, time is frozen when two Pepsi cans are opened at the same time. The guy and girl who opened those cans go on a worldwide journey taking the viewers through some amazing moments in history.  

One of the weakest moments of Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes is the opening scene. The movie overall is wonderful ... In the theatrical version of the film "Bright Eyes" the ape refuses to leave her cage and attacks a technician Robert Franklin (Tyler ...  

Actress and animal activist Betty White and Lina the gorilla shared a unique bond over four decades. Lina, a western lowland gorilla at the Albuquerque Biopark, was euthanized this weekend. "She's one of Betty White's favorite animals," said the Biopark's ...  

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On his 1997 television program “Firing Line,” conservative scholar William F. Buckley Jr. quoted the iconoclastic British statesman Benjamin Disraeli, “What is the question now placed before society? The question is this: Is man an ape or an angel?  

If you haven't seen one of last summer's finest blockbusters or somehow didn't understand the implication of the film's give-away-the-ending title, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" concludes with the highly evolved apes poised to take over the world.  

Doug Armstrong, director of animal health at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, says the zoo doesn't can't perform the scan. Motuba is among four silverbacks that socialize together at the zoo. Armstrong says Motuba and one of the younger gorillas apparently got ...  

Spring is a time for moving and a few of the Western lowland gorillas at Lincoln Park Zoo will soon be calling new zoos home. Females Tabibu and Makari will be going to Columbus Zoo and Kansas City Zoo, respectively. 31-year-old silverback JoJo ...  

Much like us, our hairier cousins have their own distinct facial features, unique combinations of jawlines, eye shapes, and nasal widths that make them recognizable on sight. But have you ever studied the differences between other primates' faces?  

Following a team vote, seven Gorillas were elected to the role of captain:  sophomore quarterback Anthony Abenoja, junior wide receiver John Brown, junior linebacker Nate Dreiling, senior offensive lineman Aaron Kolich, senior safety Chas Smith ...  

The 500th person to "Like" Hasslein's Facebook page will receive a free copy of Lexicon of the Planet of the Apes, while the 500th follower of the company's Twitter feed will win Timeline of the Planet of the Apes—both autographed by Rich Handley.  

They also have to train the apes to accept the technicians who will be performing the exams. In the end, the researchers hope to learn just how similar apes and humans are when it comes to cardiac disease. “The hearts look the same on an ultrasound ...  

When a Sudanese refugee, a grown man, was humiliated and abused at a military roadblock in northern Kenya, my journey to activism began; a soldier destroyed the only belongings in the refugee's travel bag and brought him to tears in front of his wife.  

Instead people wearing gorilla costumes participated in the first Cincinnati Gorilla Run. The 5K event raised money for Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund, a Denver-based nonprofit organization that seeks to save the endangered animal.  

Instead people wearing gorilla costumes participated in the first Cincinnati Gorilla Run. The 5K event raised money for Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund, a Denver-based nonprofit organization that seeks to save the endangered animal.  

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — It was a bit of a zoo at the Nebraska Medical Center over the weekend, when a special patient came in for jaw surgery. Motuba, a 27-year-old silverback gorilla, needed a CT scan after a scuffle Thursday night with another gorilla ...  

The Nebraska Medical Center could have been mistaken for a zoo after a special patient was brought in for treatment of a fractured jaw. A 27-year-old silverback gorilla named Motuba was brought in Saturday for a CT scan and surgery after a scuffle with ...  

It was a bit of a zoo at the Nebraska Medical Center over the weekend, when a special patient came in for jaw surgery. Motuba, a 27-year-old silverback gorilla, needed a CT scan after a scuffle Thursday night (local time) with another gorilla, said Doug ...  

Motuba, a 27-year-old silverback gorilla, needed a Computed Tomography (CT) scan after a scuffle on Thursday night with another gorilla, said Dr Doug Armstrong, director of animal health at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo. The zoo can't perform the scan ...  

OMAHA, May 7 (UPI) -- A 432-pound silverback gorilla made a trip to the hospital to be treated for a broken jaw inflicted by another gorilla at the zoo in Omaha, Neb., officials say. Officials at the Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium said they believe ...  

High School, signed with the Gorillas last fall. Bullard and Hays were AAU teammates last year. Globe/Bill Stewart Joplin's Molly Banwart fends off Hillcrest defender Kimberly Moore during their Ozark Conference match in Joplin. Salmon's two goals spark ...  

Researchers have long been interested in communicating with different species of animals through technology. With developments in mobile devices such as iPads, comes an unexpected windfall in animal interaction and communication research.  

The Rise of the Planet of the Apes sequel will go into production ... Tom Rothman confirmed that the movie has been given the go-ahead at the studio's presentation at CinemaCon. It was included on a list of films which are due to start imminently ...  

Amidst debuting new footage from Taken 2 and Neighborhood Watch, Fox Co-Chairman/Chief Creative Officer of Fox Filmed Entertainment Tom Rothman hinted that we may be soon see a sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a reboot of the popular franchise ...  

African Travel, Inc. Supports Earth Day Awareness for Endangered Gorillas and ...MarketWatch (press release)For Earth Day and every day, African Travel, Inc. works to bring more awareness to the plight of Gorillas and Chimpanzees in the wild; as part of their efforts they offer special packages to see these incredible creatures in their natural habitats ...and more »  

These encounters redirected her journey, as well as many others, in a direction they could have never imagined. Patti’s path crossed with my friend Lucie Easley over a couple of other apes, Knuckles, a chimpanzee with cerebral palsy and special needs and ...  

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The future of gorillas at the Topeka Zoo is among areas of focus in a strategic plan released publicly Friday. The plan is divided into eight key areas: conservation, education, guest experience, leadership, animal care, animal health ...  

OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) - It was a bit of a zoo at the Nebraska Medical Center over the weekend, when a special patient came in for jaw surgery. Motuba, a 27-year-old silverback gorilla, needed a CT scan after a scuffle Thursday night with another ...  

The real surprise, though, was Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, a film that not too many of us were expecting a great deal of. Turns out, the movie was terrific, and had Fox a deserved hit at the end of the summer. When production starts exactly will ...  

Director Rupert Wyatt is also tipped to return, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Rise of the Planet of the Apes, starring Serkis, James Franco and Freida Pinto, was released in cinemas in August last year.  

A lion at the Oregon Zoo tries to get a baby! One-year-old Jack was visiting the ... Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's Tutti is a rare Indian star tortoise. Butti, the zoo's missing tortoise, looks similar to Tutti. The two are brothers and live at ...  

It was the first truly great film in the Apes franchise since 1972′s Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and it benefited strongly from the central performance by Andy Serkis as the intelligent ape Caesar and the revolutionary motion-capture ...  

It's part of a groundbreaking national project — the Great ... The hearts look the same on an ultrasound, but that doesn't necessarily mean disease affects them the same way. Already, the oldest orangutan at Zoo Atlanta, 40-year-old Alan ...  

Moreover, despite the professors’ assurances that the gorilla did indeed make an appearance ... Chabris and Daniel Simmons – have now written a fascinating book called “The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us.”  

However, Andy Serkis, who played the ape revolutionary ... This news is also somewhat surprising, since Serkis also plays a principle role in Peter Jackson’s upcoming two-part film The Hobbit. If production of the Rise sequel does indeed get underway ...  

As well as the main display space, there are side-rooms for smaller exhibits ... original Planet of the Apes suits, and Christopher Reeve's Superman costume." Sands is hoping that 100,000 visitors a year will come through the doors. If that happens ...  

He comes from the old school where he'll do anything for his mates that wear the same jumper,'' Hutchinson said of Hooper ... a 30-18 first-round loss to fellow title favourites Albion Park. A bye and the Easter break means this is only their second ...  

Ryan Bilovesky doubled to lead off the inning. Austin Lastimado then beat out a bunt single, before Adam Reed delivered a run-scoring hit. Luke Bordewick advanced the runners with a bunt and Evan Thomas plated Lastimado with the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly.  

But, we keep going. Two hundred meters more, the flat area of the sea shore is pitching upward to meet the mountain and Kloof Nek; and we’ve now traveled 300m and passed 300 generations – this ancestor may have known Noah or one of the other ...  

Conservationists working in Cameroon's Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary have collected the first camera trap video footage of the Cross River gorilla. With fewer than 250 individuals remaining, Cross River gorillas are the world's rarest gorilla and a notoriously ...  

Mitchell followed with a base hit. Then DeCastro hit her 14th home run of the season, tying Tiffany Brown for the school's single season home run record. Not to be outdone, Brown smacked a home run of her own, taking the record back with her 15th home run ...  

This weeks video is from 1984 and features a baby gorilla ... Oklahoma's Own News9.com is proud to provide Oklahomans with timely and relevant news and information, sharing the stories, pictures and loves of Oklahomans across our great state including ...  

"That’s very much on the tracks. We’re developing a script. Rupert Wyatt, who directed the first one, will direct the second one. We’re pushing forward aggressively, so the script’s being written now." It was suggested in yesterday's report that ...  

When they are ready to snuggle up at the tops of trees, great apes make themselves cozy "nests" in which to rest for the night. New studies of these one-night nests reveal their incredible complexity. "They are almost as complex as a man-made shelter you ...  

For those folks who believe that humanoids are simply an extension of great apes, new research suggests that humans are very different from apes in at least one way. Compared to the great apes, human females wean their young much earlier. In fact, great apes take about four times as long as humans to wean their babies from the breast. The research suggests that humans’ meat-eating habits may be what separates them from the great apes. While...  

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) - Two male gorillas at the National Zoo are taking part in a study that will help veterinarians better detect and treat heart disease in gorillas. The same device used to detect early warning signs of heart disease in humans will ...  

It was a bit of a zoo at the Nebraska Medical Center over the weekend, when a special patient came in for jaw surgery. Motuba, a 27-year-old silverback gorilla, needed a CT scan after a scuffle Thursday night with another gorilla, said Doug ...  

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — It was a bit of a zoo at the Nebraska Medical Center over the weekend, when a special patient came in for jaw surgery. Motuba, a 27-year-old silverback gorilla, needed a CT scan after a scuffle Thursday night with another ...  

In addition to runners in gorilla costumes, radio personality Jeff Lang, also known as “Stunt Monkey,” will be dressed up in a banana suit, leading the gorillas down the first blocks of the run. “Between the event’s charitable mission and unique ...  

"Bonobos are naturally attracted to keyboards," he said. "They love thumping on them." Eventually, they figured out that if a symbol is pressed, the English version of the word is spoken, like a primate version of a See 'n Say toy. Over time, and with ...  

The rarest gorilla on Earth, the elusive Cross River gorilla, has been caught on film by a hidden camera trap for the first time ever. Researchers estimate that only about 250 to 300 of the gorillas remain on the planet, and humans have rarely observed ...  

The rarest gorilla on Earth, the elusive Cross River gorilla, has been caught on film by a hidden camera trap for the first time ever. Researchers estimate that only about 250 to 300 of the gorillas remain on the planet, and humans have rarely observed ...  

And MAD pulls this meditation off flawlessly. Despite John’s protestations that he is, to quote the Counting Crows, “…an idiot walking a tightrope of fortune and fame, an acrobat swinging trapeze through circles of flame…”, there’s something ...  

Lincoln Park Zoo is holding a goodbye party for some of the Apes on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. The zoo is getting ready to say goodbye to some favorite apes, while looking forward to some new arrivals. The changes were recommended by the Species Survival ...  

A daring script, inventive directing by Rupert Wyatt, and groundbreaking visual effects all helped reinvent this fledgling franchise in a way that no one could have imagined. When asked by the website about the release time frame, he responded ...