She had spent her entire life in a cage This is the moment a chimp who had spent her entire life caged up saw the open sky for the first time. Vanilla the chimp had been raised as part of an animal testing programme at New York’s Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates […]

2 years ago

Touch screen technology is so easy to use If the Planet of the Apes movies turn out to be true, and the primates do rise up to overthrow us, this chimp will probably be their leader. A video is being shared online of it using Instagram on a smartphone. Despite not being a human, it scrolls […]

7 years ago

This raises a number of ethical issues. Evolutionary psychologist Gordon Gallup has claimed that a human-chimpanzee crossbreed was created in a lab in Orange Park, Florida, almost a century ago. “One of the most interesting cases involved an attempt which was made back in the 1920s in what was the first primate research centre established […]

8 years ago

Bear with us. We’re well aware that what follows might seem a little far-fetched. After footage emerged of some chimpanzees engaging in some bizarre behaviour, scientists now reckon that it could be evidence that the animals have some form of religious belief, reports The Independent. Recorded in West Africa, the animals are seen banging rocks against trees […]

10 years ago