When Andrea Maturen heard the door to an adjoining cage slide up, and the two chimpanzees behind it start to scream, she didn't even bother to look behind her. ...more

February 17, 2010

Chimpanzees, those pint-sized, animal versions of ourselves, enjoy an enviable reputation among the human crowd. Intelligent and photogenic, they are crowd-pleasers at zoos and sanctuaries across the world. ...more

February 13, 2010

A baby chimpanzee at the center of a custody dispute will not undergo a DNA test to determine its parentage, a judge ruled Friday after a two-hour hearing. ...more

January 23, 2010

One thing we did expect: that 2009 would be full of strange and wonderful revelations. A prediction for 2010? Same thing as this year, only different. Here's a list of stuff we culled from 2009 that may have come as a surprise. ...more

December 28, 2009

Ten chimpanzees are retiring to Florida. The chimps rescued from a laboratory in New Mexico will be arriving Wednesday to the Save the Chimps facility west of Fort Pierce. ...more

December 16, 2009

Recently in Stamford, Conn., a chimpanzee named Travis was shot and killed after he mauled a friend of his owner. The chimpanzee lived with a widow, eating lobster and ice cream at the table, wearing human clothes and entertaining himself with a computer and television. ...more

March 2, 2009

Feel free to unleash these warm, delicious infomuffins at your New Year's Eve party. ...more

December 22, 2008

The primates knew something special was happening long before the zookeepers began tossing them their holiday presents. ...more

December 20, 2008

Spectators gathered early for Presents for Primates, Lowry Park Zoo's annual holiday showcase featuring gifts from the zoo's docents. ...more

December 19, 2008

If you sat down an infinite number of chimpanzees in front of an infinite number of typewriters for an infinite period of time along with Frances Earl, one of them would sooner or later accidently type a line that contained some sort of statement of fact or truth; but it wouldn't be Frances! She would still be pounding out line after line of partisan lies, distortions and slander. ...more

September 30, 2008