Chimpanzee Studies

Why ants may be able to teach us more about modern humans than chimpanzees can: With a maximum size of about 100, no chimpanzee group has to deal with issues of public health, infrastructure, distribution of goods and services, market...  

"Chimpanzees that have been tortured both physically and mentally for years in hideous research experiments at long last find the first peace, contentment and love they have ever known at Save the Chimps," said Barker.  

The price is right for a Fort Pierce chimpanzee sanctuary after a $250,000 donation from Bob Barker. Save the Chimps announced the donation by the former host of "The Price is Right" on Tuesday. "Chimpanzees that have been tortured both physically and ...  

Chimpanzees and orangutans really do have personalities "like people," British researchers say. The new findings address a long-standing debate about whether great apes possess human-like personalities or if such perceived behavior is an anthropomorphic projection of human observers, they said. Using a statistical method to remove any biases in human observers of apes' behavior, researchers at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland said...  

Visitors to the Los Angeles Zoo can see several new babies on display this spring Chimpanzee baby: Born March 6. The baby chimpanzee is the first born at the zoo since 1999. Her mother is Gracie. The Los Angeles Zoo is home to 15 chimpanzees, one of the largest troops in the nation.read more  

Two members of the Georgia Animal Rights and Protection were arrested this afternoon during a rally at Emory University. The group gathered at the science center to demand the Yerkes National Primate Research Center release Wenka, a 58-year-old chimpanzee who's reportedly lived at the center for half a century and is still used for research and testing, to an animal sanctuary.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the...  

DisZineDisneynature's 'See Chimpanzee, Save Chimpanzees' Conservation Program Makes ...DisZineBy Denise Shively Disneynature in collaboration with the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) have announced the impact of Disneynature's “See 'Chimpanzee', Save Chimpanzees” conservation program. During the first two weeks after the film debuted, ...Disneynature and Jane Goodall Institute Team Up for Chimpanzee ProgramHollywood Reporterall 2 news articles »  

For PBS NewsHour, Miles O'Brien reports on whether there are ever instances in which the scientific value of research should offset the moral cost of working with chimpanzees. The US government has moved to limit some of the research it funds with chimps in recent months. Medical experiments on chimps can be invasive: one animal [...]  

I absolutely LOVED this project!! So did the kiddos :) What a great way to see how closely related to chimpanzees we really are. We started with these 2 prints. An adult chimpanzee hand and foot print. I'm sure you can guess what's next!! Read More.....(read more)  

Washington, May 11 (ANI): Santino, the chimpanzee, achieved international fame in 2009 for his habit of gathering stones and manufacturing concrete projectiles to throw at visitors from the safety of his enclosure at Furuvik Zoo north of Stockholm.  

FORT PIERCE — A 25-year-old female chimpanzee at the Save-the-Chimps sanctuary in Fort Pierce may be able to run again, thanks to a revolutionary stem cell treatment performed on Wednesday. Angie, one of the 271 chimpanzees that live at the ...  

Noted primatologists Netzin and Dieter Steklis will discuss "Gorilla Fathers: Do they help us understand the importance of the human family?" Wednesday at a free lecture at Academy Village, 13715 E. Langtry Lane. Their talk is sponsored by the Arizona ...  

The good folks at the Chimp Sanctuary Northwest in Washington state recently installed a hidden camera to monitor the seven rescued chimpanzees under their care. It didn't take long before Foxie, a precocious 36-year-old female, caught wind of the new ...  

Quick ReadBob Barker opening new area for 5 HIV-infected chimps at national sanctuary in Louisiana (AP) -- Retired game-show host and animal rights advocate Bob Barker is opening a new area for five HIV-infected chimpanzees at a sanctuary in ...  

Daily MailChimps don't care about 'Keeping up with the Joneses' - they choose their own ...Daily MailAt least, chimpanzees have no qualms about how the neighbours view them, according to scientists at the Max Planck Institute. The scientists studied chimp communities in the Ivory Coast, Africa, and observed their use of tools as the different groups ...Chimps have culture, a new study suggestsGlobalPostCulture results when chimps get...