http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/apes Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/09/orangutans-use-ipads-to-communicate-miami-jungle-island_n_1502371.html 2012-05-09T07:46:03Z 2012-05-09T08:12:17Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ MIAMI &mdash; The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers also like the hand-hel... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/zoo-ipads">Zoo Ipads</a>, <a href="/tag/zoos">Zoos</a>, <a href="/tag/monkeys-use-ipads">Monkeys Use Ipads</a>, <a href="/tag/orangutans">Orangutans</a>, <a href="/tag/animals">Animals</a>, <a href="/tag/ipad">Ipad</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/animals-and-technology">Animals and Technology</a>, <a href="/tag/miami-zoo">Miami Zoo</a>, <a href="/tag/primates">Primates</a>, <a href="/tag/orangutans-use-ipads">Orangutans Use Ipads</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/orangutans-use-ipads-to-communicate">Orangutans Use Ipads to Communicate</a>, <a href="/tag/jungle-island">Jungle Island</a>, <a href="/tag/zoo-animals">Zoo Animals</a>, <a href="/tag/apes-use-ipads">Apes Use Ipads</a>, <a href="/miami">Miami News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/20/great-ape-heart-project_n_1439689.html 2012-04-20T11:33:34Z 2012-04-20T05:09:34Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ ATLANTA (AP) — The 9-year-old patient sits still, munching on popcorn and sipping grape juice while he gets an ultrasound of his heart.<br /> ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/orangutan-zoo-atlanta">Orangutan Zoo Atlanta</a>, <a href="/tag/great-ape-heart-project-atlanta">Great Ape Heart Project Atlanta</a>, <a href="/tag/orangutan-ultrasound">Orangutan Ultrasound</a>, <a href="/tag/orangutan-heart-disease">Orangutan Heart Disease</a>, <a href="/tag/atlanta-great-ape-heart-project">Atlanta Great Ape Heart Project</a>, <a href="/tag/monkey-heart-disease">Monkey Heart Disease</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/ape-heart-disease">Ape Heart Disease</a>, <a href="/tag/great-ape-heart-project">Great Ape Heart Project</a>, <a href="/tag/primate-heart-disease">Primate Heart Disease</a>, <a href="/tag/animals">Animals</a>, <a href="/tag/zoo-atlanta-orangutan">Zoo Atlanta Orangutan</a>, <a href="/tag/ap">Ap</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/17/ape-nest-human-evolution-ancestors-trees_n_1431697.html 2012-04-17T11:52:07Z 2012-04-17T13:54:17Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer <br /> Published: 04/16/2012 03:04 PM EDT on LiveScience<br /> When they are ready to snuggle up at the tops of tr... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/orangutans-indonesia">Orangutans Indonesia</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/chimps">Chimps</a>, <a href="/tag/animal-psychology">Animal Psychology</a>, <a href="/tag/sleep-behavior">Sleep Behavior</a>, <a href="/tag/orangutans">Orangutans</a>, <a href="/tag/animal-behavior">Animal Behavior</a>, <a href="/tag/chimpanzees">Chimpanzees</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/animals">Animals</a>, <a href="/tag/great-apes">Great Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/sleep">Sleep</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/chimpanzee-disney-film-save-chimps_n_1298927.html 2012-02-24T09:53:52Z 2012-02-24T10:43:46Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ An upcoming documentary from Disney will give audiences the chance to not only see chimpanzees, but also save them.<br /> <br /> "Chimpanzee," opening in theate... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/chimps">Chimps</a>, <a href="/tag/chimpanzee">Chimpanzee</a>, <a href="/tag/chimpanzee-protection">Chimpanzee Protection</a>, <a href="/tag/disneynature">Disneynature</a>, <a href="/tag/conservation">Conservation</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/chimpanzees">Chimpanzees</a>, <a href="/tag/disney">Disney</a>, <a href="/tag/animals">Animals</a>, <a href="/tag/orphaned-chimpanzees">Orphaned Chimpanzees</a>, <a href="/tag/chimpanzee-disney">Chimpanzee Disney</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/great-ape-protection-act-endorsements_n_1291781.html 2012-02-21T16:23:54Z 2012-02-21T16:25:45Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ From Mother Nature Network's Michael d'Estries:<br /> <br /> Just over a year ago, Woody Harrelson sent a letter on behalf of PETA urging officials at the Natio... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/great-ape-protection-act">Great Ape Protection Act</a>, <a href="/tag/laboratory-animals">Laboratory Animals</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/primate-testing">Primate Testing</a>, <a href="/tag/animal-rights">Animal Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/primates">Primates</a>, <a href="/tag/animal-testing">Animal Testing</a>, <a href="/tag/lab-chimps">Lab Chimps</a>, <a href="/tag/chimpanzees">Chimpanzees</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/animals">Animals</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/17/pittsburgh-zoo-baby-gorilla-born_n_1284054.html 2012-02-17T10:36:15Z 2012-02-17T07:04:15Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Zoo has a new baby gorilla in its midst.<br /> Zoo officials say 15-year-old Moka gave birth last week aft... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/pittsburgh-zoo">PIttsburgh Zoo</a>, <a href="/tag/pittsburgh-zoo-gorilla-born">Pittsburgh Zoo Gorilla Born</a>, <a href="/tag/primates">Primates</a>, <a href="/tag/gorillas">Gorillas</a>, <a href="/tag/pittsburgh-zoo-baby-gorilla">Pittsburgh Zoo Baby Gorilla</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/baby-animals">Baby Animals</a>, <a href="/tag/baby-gorilla">Baby Gorilla</a>, <a href="/tag/animals">Animals</a>, <a href="/tag/ap">Ap</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/bonobo-love_n_1275381.html 2012-02-14T00:51:15Z 2012-02-14T08:38:48Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/bonobo-love_n_1275381.html?1329230766"><img alt="2012-02-14-Screenshot20120214at9.46.31AM.png" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2012-02-14-Screenshot20120214at9.46.31AM.png" width="300" height="57" /></a>Here are seven things we can learn about love from bonobos, as described by Dr. Christopher Ryan. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/bonobos">Bonobos</a>, <a href="/tag/sex-at-dawn">Sex at Dawn</a>, <a href="/tag/vanessa-woods">Vanessa Woods</a>, <a href="/tag/talk-nerdy-to-me">Talk Nerdy to Me</a>, <a href="/tag/christopher-ryan">Christopher Ryan</a>, <a href="/tag/frans-de-waal">Frans De Waal</a>, <a href="/tag/valentines-day-2012">Valentines Day 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/sex">Sex</a>, <a href="/tag/valentines-day">Valentines Day</a>, <a href="/tag/valentines-day">Valentine&#039;s Day</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/love">Love</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/animal-art-exhibition_n_1273526.html 2012-02-13T12:10:27Z 2012-02-13T14:00:51Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Is it art? That’s a question artists sometimes hear about their own work. But a new exhibition at a London museum raises the question of whether ani... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/congo-chimp">Congo Chimp</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/art-meets-science">Art Meets Science</a>, <a href="/tag/elephants">Elephants</a>, <a href="/tag/desmond-morris">Desmond Morris</a>, <a href="/tag/chimpanzee-painter">Chimpanzee Painter</a>, <a href="/tag/elephant-painter">Elephant Painter</a>, <a href="/tag/elephant-artist">Elephant Artist</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/animal-art">Animal Art</a>, <a href="/tag/monkeys">Monkeys</a>, <a href="/tag/chimp-artist">Chimp Artist</a>, <a href="/tag/animal-artist">Animal Artist</a>, <a href="/tag/chimp-painter">Chimp Painter</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/09/chimp-research_n_1193353.html 2012-01-09T04:02:52Z 2012-01-09T08:56:13Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/09/chimp-research_n_1193353.html?1326122539"><img alt="2012-01-09-fjkdjfjdkfkdjfefd.jpg" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2012-01-09-fjkdjfjdkfkdjfefd.jpg" width="300" height="64" /></a>Other than the West African nation of Gabon, we are the only country in the entire world that still experiments on chimps. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/chimps">Chimps</a>, <a href="/tag/animal-rights">Animal Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/animal-welfare">Animal Welfare</a>, <a href="/tag/talk-nerdy-to-me">Talk Nerdy to Me</a>, <a href="/tag/science">Science</a>, <a href="/tag/carl-sagan">Carl Sagan</a>, <a href="/tag/institute-of-medicine">Institute of Medicine</a>, <a href="/tag/cara-santa-maria">Cara Santa Maria</a>, <a href="/tag/chimpanzees">Chimpanzees</a>, <a href="/tag/animal-research">Animal Research</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/nih">Nih</a>, <a href="/tag/great-apes">Great Apes</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/10/is-monogamy-natural_n_1087009.html 2011-11-10T18:27:00Z 2011-11-10T18:37:23Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ I fear that some of our discussions about human sexuality thus far have confused the term "natural" with the term "normal." Natural can be defined in many ways, but based upon its etymology, having some relationship with nature is a dominant theme. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/polygamy">Polygamy</a>, <a href="/tag/normal">Normal</a>, <a href="/tag/monogamy">Monogamy</a>, <a href="/tag/human-sexuality">Human Sexuality</a>, <a href="/tag/talk-nerdy-to-me">Talk Nerdy to Me</a>, <a href="/tag/natural">Natural</a>, <a href="/tag/science">Science</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/animal-sexuality">Animal Sexuality</a>, <a href="/education">Education News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-shapter/singer-mates-with-wild-ap_b_914362.html 2011-08-01T16:19:00Z 2011-08-01T16:19:49Z Andrew Shapter http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-shapter/ According to the script from the new movie, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," scientists have accidentally boosted apes' intelligence, testosterone an... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/finest-kind">Finest Kind</a>, <a href="/tag/erin-ivey">Erin Ivey</a>, <a href="/tag/controversial-cartoon">Controversial Cartoon</a>, <a href="/tag/rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes">Rise of the Planet of the Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/chocolate">Chocolate</a>, <a href="/comedy">Comedy News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-doctoroff/what-foreigners-can-learn_b_858445.html 2011-05-06T09:38:34Z 2011-05-06T09:38:02Z Tom Doctoroff http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-doctoroff/ There are two Chinas, one falling and one rising. At the Shanghai Zoo, both are on display. Pessimists will shake their heads at stultifying bureaucracy. Optimists are reassured by the unquantifiable, relentless energy of the people. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/beijing-olympics">Beijing Olympics</a>, <a href="/tag/shanghai">Shanghai</a>, <a href="/tag/shanghai-zoo">Shanghai Zoo</a>, <a href="/tag/expatriates-in-china">Expatriates in China</a>, <a href="/tag/chinese-economy">Chinese Economy</a>, <a href="/tag/kids-in-china">Kids in China</a>, <a href="/tag/education-in-china">Education in China</a>, <a href="/tag/alligators">Alligators</a>, <a href="/tag/rising-china">Rising China</a>, <a href="/tag/chinese-face">Chinese Face</a>, <a href="/tag/chinese-culture">Chinese Culture</a>, <a href="/tag/corruption-in-china">Corruption in China</a>, <a href="/tag/civil-society-in-china">Civil Society in China</a>, <a href="/tag/chinese-crowds">Chinese Crowds</a>, <a href="/tag/chinese-bureaucracy">Chinese Bureaucracy</a>, <a href="/tag/giraffes">Giraffes</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-in-china">Parenting in China</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/harmonious-society">Harmonious Society</a>, <a href="/tag/falling-china">Falling China</a>, <a href="/travel">Travel News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brenda-scott-royce/apes-in-advertising_b_822404.html 2011-02-12T14:06:38Z 2011-02-13T22:24:30Z Brenda Scott Royce http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brenda-scott-royce/ AdAge has joined the growing cry to halt the use of great apes in advertising, editorializing that despite their comic potential, "It's time to stop u... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/center-for-great-apes">Center for Great Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/superbowl-commercials">Superbowl Commercials</a>, <a href="/tag/advertising">Advertising</a>, <a href="/tag/adage">Adage</a>, <a href="/tag/careerbuilder">Careerbuilder</a>, <a href="/tag/tv-commercials">TV Commercials</a>, <a href="/tag/zoos">Zoos</a>, <a href="/tag/chimpanzees">Chimpanzees</a>, <a href="/media">Media News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/20/gabon-ape-heads-body-part_n_811841.html 2011-01-20T16:42:26Z 2011-01-20T16:42:26Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ JOHANNESBURG &mdash; Authorities in Central Africa have arrested five people who were found with the heads of 12 chimpanzees and an endangered gorilla... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/chimpanzee-smuggling">Chimpanzee Smuggling</a>, <a href="/tag/paris-bushmeat">Paris-Bushmeat</a>, <a href="/tag/gabon-smuggling">Gabon Smuggling</a>, <a href="/tag/bushmeat">Bushmeat</a>, <a href="/tag/gabon">Gabon</a>, <a href="/tag/chimpanzees">Chimpanzees</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/monkey-meat-smuggler">Monkey-Meat-Smuggler</a>, <a href="/tag/ape-heads">Ape Heads</a>, <a href="/tag/monkey-meat">Monkey-Meat</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-arkus/going-ape-in-central-afri_b_757395.html 2010-10-12T12:30:42Z 2010-10-12T11:48:01Z Mike Arkus http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-arkus/ If you should happen upon two of the less visited African capitals and you don't have the time for days of travel to see them in their primordial natural habitat, a side trip to great apes who have been rescued is a relatively easy trip. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/bonobos">Bonobos</a>, <a href="/tag/brazzaville">Brazzaville</a>, <a href="/tag/international-destinations">International Destinations</a>, <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</a>, <a href="/tag/africa-travel">Africa Travel</a>, <a href="/tag/kinshasa">Kinshasa</a>, <a href="/tag/congo-republic-western-lowland-gorillas">Congo Republic Western Lowland Gorillas</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/congo">Congo</a>, <a href="/tag/destinations">Destinations</a>, <a href="/travel">Travel News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sara-gruen/tea-for-two_b_700567.html 2010-09-01T08:36:15Z 2010-09-01T08:36:49Z Sara Gruen http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sara-gruen/ On an unusually hot spring day, Panbanisha and I sat on a blanket on the grass near a wooded<br /> area. In front of us were plates of cookies she'd selecte... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/ape-house">Ape House</a>, <a href="/tag/gruen-water-for-elephants">Gruen Water for Elephants</a>, <a href="/tag/sara-gruen">Sara Gruen</a>, <a href="/tag/book-blog">Book Blog</a>, <a href="/tag/books">Books</a>, <a href="/tag/gruen-ape-house">Gruen Ape House</a>, <a href="/tag/water-for-elephants">Water for Elephants</a>, <a href="/tag/sara-gruen-water-for-elephants">Sara Gruen Water for Elephants</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/sara-gruen-ape-house">Sara Gruen Ape House</a>, <a href="/books">Books News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esarcasm/up-close-and-personal-wit_b_314616.html 2009-10-10T18:15:21Z 2010-03-18T05:12:02Z eSarcasm http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esarcasm/ eSarcasm managed to score an exclusive interview with Ardi. Here she talks about what it's like to be the world's first hip hop diva, and reveals the real reasons why men walk upright. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/hip-hop">Hip Hop</a>, <a href="/tag/lil-kim">Lil&#039; Kim</a>, <a href="/tag/paleontology">Paleontology</a>, <a href="/tag/science">Science</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/fossils">Fossils</a>, <a href="/tag/archaeology">Archaeology</a>, <a href="/tag/missy-elliott">Missy Elliott</a>, <a href="/tag/rap-music">Rap Music</a>, <a href="/comedy">Comedy News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-agin/book-review-not-a-chimp_b_276490.html 2009-09-03T12:32:30Z 2009-10-19T05:12:01Z Dan Agin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-agin/ Some people argue that humans are merely crazy apes, but the counter-argument, that humans and apes are dramatically different, is not easily dismissed. So, how different are we from other animals? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/evolution">Evolution</a>, <a href="/tag/animal-rights">Animal Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/genes">Genes</a>, <a href="/tag/humans">Humans</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/healthy-living">Healthy Living News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/04/ape-ticklers-believe-mamm_n_211427.html 2009-06-04T12:48:42Z 2009-07-05T05:12:01Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ NEW YORK &mdash; When scientists set out to trace the roots of human laughter, some chimps and gorillas were just tickled to help. Literally.<br /> <br /> That's ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/evolution-of-laughter">Evolution of Laughter</a>, <a href="/tag/evolution">Evolution</a>, <a href="/tag/laughter">Laughter</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/animals">Animals</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-thomson/its-not-just-chimps-ameri_b_168094.html 2009-02-18T21:44:55Z 2009-03-21T05:12:01Z Keith Thomson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-thomson/ The Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition estimates that as many as 7,000 tigers are currently kept as pets in the United States--that's more tigers than currently inhabit all the wilds of Asia. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/tigers">Tigers</a>, <a href="/tag/animal-rescue">Animal Rescue</a>, <a href="/tag/exotic-animals">Exotic Animals</a>, <a href="/tag/taxidermists">Taxidermists</a>, <a href="/tag/chinese-medicine">Chinese Medicine</a>, <a href="/tag/humane-society">Humane Society</a>, <a href="/tag/tiger-attack">Tiger Attack</a>, <a href="/tag/lions">Lions</a>, <a href="/tag/congress">Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/internet">Internet</a>, <a href="/tag/education">Education</a>, <a href="/tag/alabama">Alabama</a>, <a href="/tag/cats">Cats</a>, <a href="/tag/beijing">Beijing</a>, <a href="/tag/hunting">Hunting</a>, <a href="/tag/chimpanzee-attack">Chimpanzee Attack</a>, <a href="/tag/tennessee">Tennessee</a>, <a href="/tag/detroit">Detroit</a>, <a href="/tag/apes">Apes</a>, <a href="/tag/cougars">Cougars</a>, <a href="/tag/wildlife">Wildlife</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p>