This week, the Dublin Zoo said goodbye to one of its most beloved and famous residents: Betty, the chimpanzee who was their longest resident and oldest living chimp in human care, has died at 62. ...
It’s heartbreaking to think how many animals spend their whole lives locked up in captivity, never knowing any world outside their cage. That was the case for one chimpanzee, who recently got her first taste ...
A young chimpanzee orphaned by the illegal wildlife trade is now getting a new life — and has been welcomed with open arms by some new friends. The Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection, or LCRP, ...
One of the best-known names in the world of animal research is Dr. Jane Goodall. The iconic primatologist and anthropologist is considered the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, and is known for her decades of ...
It’s always a sad day at a zoo when an animal passes away, but today the San Francisco Zoo is mourning the loss of a very special animal: Cobby, the oldest male chimpanzee in the ...
Jenny and Jim Desmond know a thing or two about saving animals; they run the Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue in West Africa. When Jenny was driving along the streets of a remote village in Liberia one ...
The study, published by the Royal Society on July 17, questioned whether the seemingly human-specific phenomenon of bonding over watching things was also present in apes. “Humans have an enormous variety of social bonding activities ...
Recently, from one day to another, Mama had suddenly refused to eat, drink and was ignoring the zoo staff. Old and tired, Mama had given up on life. But she would somehow regain a bit ...