In the late 1950s, chimpanzees were either bred in captivity or taken from the wild to be trained for space travel. Most famously, Ham was the first chimpanzee astronaut sent into space in 1961. Save ...

Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives, and this adds to the fascination of learning how they behave and interact with each other. We know that they, like humans, live in social groups and that ...

(AP) - Chimpanzees in Michigan are not considered “persons” with human rights, according to the state’s Court of Appeals. That means the owners of the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Upper Peninsula will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Save the Chimps is now home to Limbani, an 8-year-old male chimpanzee who appeared in the HBO docuseries "Chimp ...

Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a new study shows. Chimpanzees and humans last shared a common ancestor around 6 million years ago. Scientists suspect this ancient ...