(WDBJ) - On November 29th, 1961, Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft. The spacecraft orbited Earth twice before returning. Gray Media, parent company ...

Chimps may revise their beliefs in surprisingly human-like ways. Experiments showed they switched choices when presented with stronger clues, demonstrating flexible reasoning. Computational modeling ...

A chimpanzee broke out of her enclosure at the Indianapolis Zoo Friday morning, sparking a lockdown that trapped dozens of visitors — including 37 schoolchildren on a field trip. Jake Oakman, the ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A chimpanzee was on the loose inside the Indianapolis Zoo on Friday as guests were asked to head back to their cars or shelter in secure locations. An Indianapolis Fire Department run ...

Games Workshop has sparked shock and anger among Warhammer 40,000 fans after it killed off two main characters from Space Marine 2 via a brief lore update posted on its website. Last week, Games ...

Charles Darwin studied apes in the zoo to observe their behaviour and emotions. His book, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, published in 1872, explores the mental abilities that ...

The booming local beer scene in St. Charles will get another player Friday when Brother Chimp Brewing opens its new taproom. The North Aurora brewery, whose credo is “craft beers that taste like beer, ...

Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall spent decades of her life researching and working with primates, beginning her career in the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, Africa, in the early 1960s. She ...

There were few more dedicated to conservation and life than primatologist Jane Goodall, who sadly passed away Oct. 1, 2025, at the age of 91. She spent years studying chimps, and was the first person ...

In 2014, University of California, Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley wrote a book called The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol. His controversial “drunken monkey hypothesis” proposed that ...

Wild chimpanzees in the forests of Uganda and Côte d’Ivoire consume roughly two boozy beverages’ worth of overripe, fermented fruit a day, according to a new study. Chimps glug down 14 grams of ...