Remembering America's famous "astrochimps" with photos of Ham and his cohorts taken before and after his wild 1961 ride ...

The more we try to understand chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives, the more we find ourselves humbled by the richness and complexity of their lives — and of their intelligence. Today, on World ...

In 1961, a chimp went through brutal astronaut-style training and beat humans to key space milestones. This is the wild (and ...

In A Nutshell A captive chimpanzee in Japan named Ayumu repeatedly pried floorboards off a walkway and used them as ...

Twenty-one chimpanzees were relocated from the Alamogordo Primate Facility to Chimp Haven sanctuary. These chimpanzees, many in their 50s and 60s, were the last remaining at the facility due to their ...