Chimpanzees are among the most intelligent primates, but that intelligence is paired with extreme physical strength and aggression. Documented attacks show that they can inflict severe and sometimes ...

If you’ve paid any attention to chimpanzees in the news recently, you’ve probably noticed that they have a PR problem. On the 16th of February in Stamford, Connecticut, a chimp named Travis was shot ...

Humans and chimpanzees share the capacity for genocide, which is rooted in the evolution of higher thought and the separation ...

Between 1998 and 2009, John Mitani witnessed 18 murders firsthand, and found circumstantial evidence for three more. But no police were ever called, for these killers were all chimpanzees, from the ...

(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 ...