Bao Li (whose name means “treasure” and “energetic”) and Qing Bao (“green treasure”) are the next step in a continuum of ...

As visitors began to return to the zoo, the bonobos and gorillas spent less time alone, while the gorillas also spent less ...

In July, a pygmy hippopotamus was born at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand. Moo Deng – her name translates to bouncy pork ...

Retired performing chimpanzees are living in zoos and sanctuaries across the country, where they are trying to relearn how to ...

In 1994 Disney brought Hamlet, or something like it, to cinemas ...

A fascinating study reveals that chimpanzees, like humans, are gradually improving their tool-using skills through the exchange of ideas and information across different populations. The research was ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The National Institutes of Health decided to relocate nearly two dozen retired research chimpanzees from a facility in New Mexico to a sanctuary in Louisiana, a move ...

A groundbreaking new study has opened the book on chimpanzee culture and its transmission, revealing compelling evidence that it is cumulative and spreads through social groups over generations.

Chimpanzees are steadily honing their tool-using skills -- a process unfolding over millennia, driven by the exchange of ideas through migrations between populations, according to a new study ...

You may need binoculars or a telescope for this one. It includes the three furthest planets in our solar system. There will be six planets visible this time around, including Venus, Mars, Jupiter ...

In its 2004 guide to North Korea, Lonely Planet wrote that the capital ... are baited into fighting each other. The zoo is home to Azalea, a chimpanzee known for smoking a pack of cigarettes ...