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Study Suggests Chimps Have Culture, Like Humans

Posted 05.10.2012

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By Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer: Like humans who might use a different slang term for "that's cool" or have distinct fashion sense, adj...

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Bob Barker Makes Big Donation To Chimp Sanctuary

AP | JANET McCONNAUGHEY | Posted 05.03.2012

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Retired game-show host and animal rights advocate Bob Barker is opening a new area for five HIV-infected chimpanzees at a sanctua...

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What the Chimps of Gombe Taught Me About Parenting

John Crocker | Posted 05.01.2012

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As a family doctor and the father of two boys, I realize each day how much these chimps living in remote valleys along the shores of Lake Tanganyika taught me about parenting and healing.

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How To Chase Chimps Through A Rainforest With A Camera And Face Mask

HuffingtonPost.com | Joanna Zelman | Posted 04.20.2012

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Chasing chimpanzees up to 15 miles per day through a dense African forest, fighting thick vines and torrential rain, and donning a face mask and big r...

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Apes' Cozy Nests Yield Clues About Human Evolution

Posted 04.17.2012

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By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 04/16/2012 03:04 PM EDT on LiveScience When they are ready to snuggle up at the tops of tr...

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Jane Goodall: Chimps Need Our Help 'Desperately'

HuffingtonPost.com | Joanna Zelman | Posted 03.20.2012

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Dr. Jane Goodall hates apathy. The world-renowned chimp expert is the first to acknowledge that saving threatened species is an uphill battle, but...

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Chimps Knocked Up Despite Vasectomies

AP | By JANET McCONNAUGHEY | Posted 02.27.2012

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NEW ORLEANS -- After two unexpected pregnancies at a sanctuary for retired research chimpanzees, other females have been put on birth control and the ...

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WATCH: The Inside World Of Filming 'Chimpanzee'

The Huffington Post | James Gerken | Posted 02.28.2012

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An upcoming documentary from Disney will give audiences the chance to not only see chimpanzees, but also save them. "Chimpanzee," opening in theate...

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Scientists Discover Fascinating Human-Like Trait In Chimps

Posted 02.09.2012

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By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 02/06/2012 03:06 PM EST on LiveScience Chimps know what tools others need to get work done ...

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Like Chimp Research, More To Whaling Than Economics

| Posted 01.13.2012

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By Jennifer Jacquet (Click here for original article.) "Research on chimpanzees is contentious, expensive, and of increasingly limited necessity,"...

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New Documentary Will Help Save Chimpanzee Habitats

Posted 01.19.2012

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From Michael d'Estries and Mother Nature Network: Continuing a tradition of giving that goes back several years, Disneynature has announced that th...

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WATCH: Chimp Research: The Beginning Of The End?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 01.09.2012

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Other than the West African nation of Gabon, we are the only country in the entire world that still experiments on chimps.

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Bonobo Cooks His Own Food

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.31.2011

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Anyone who's ever seen "Planet of the Apes" or the recent "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," knows this is exactly how it starts. And it's all downhill...

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Chimps Share Uncommon Condition With Humans

| Posted 12.10.2011

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By Ewen Callaway and Nature magazine (Click here for original article.) Chimpanzees meld sounds and colours, associating light objects with high t...

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Tearjerker Alert: Lab Chimps See Sunlight For the First Time

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.04.2011

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If this doesn't make your eyes mist up a little, there might be something wrong with you. RTL, a German television station, provided this tearjerk...

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Chimps Shed Selfish Title

Posted 10.11.2011

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Chimpanzees may be more generous than we thought. Chimps spontaneously displaying empathy by consoling each other after fights and sharing food ha...

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A Reprieve for New Mexico Chimps

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

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The National Institutes of Health has held the transfer of chimps from a New Mexico warehouse to an active research laboratory. It will instead wait for a review of chimps in research.

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Like Humans, Chimps Tend To Be Right-Handed

Discovery News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Humans are not the only species to prefer to use their right hand -- chimpanzees also share the trait, according to a new study by Spanish scientists....

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House tightens fed controls over pet primate trade

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Eight days after a 200-pound chimpanzee critically mauled a woman in Connecticut, the House moved Tuesday to ban the transport of monke...

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Chimpanzees Grieve Over Dead In Rare Footage (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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UK researchers have captured footage of chimpanzees grieving over their dead, an emotion that had previously only been attributed to humans, Reuters r...

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Always Breaking News: Chimps Rape and Pillage! So What?

Christopher Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011

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When a group of bonobos encounters another group, an orgy may well break out, but not a battle.

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Zhora, Russian Chimp, Goes To Rehab For Booze Addiction

Posted 05.25.2011

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Zhora, a chimp in a Russian zoo, has become addicted to smoking and an alcoholic after visitors gave him too many "treats." "We asked visitors not to...

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Movie Made By Chimpanzees To Air On The BBC (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The first film to be shot entirely by chimpanzees will premiere on the BBC on Wednesday, as part of a natural history documentary called "Chimpcam," t...

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Chimps Display Altruism And Humanlike Good Will

news.nationalgeographic.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Without having been trained to do so, chimps in a Japanese study helped their fellow apes access elusive juice. The researchers say this adds to evide...

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Tiger Skin Trade Exposed In China And More This Week In Animals (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Environmental Investigation Agency went undercover in China to reveal these startling photos of traders selling tiger skins. Take a look at what...

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