The latest observation of chimpanzee behaviour in the Kibale National Park, western Uganda, under a long-running study, revealed a form of behaviour that was formerly… Read More »Chimp Fiona shows her mother an interesting sprig of leaves in human-like behaviour
The title tells us of an interesting and I think startling statistic based upon a YouGov survey. YouGov is a polling company based in Britain… Read More »17% of Americans believe they can beat a chimpanzee in unarmed combat
A criminal gang has kidnapped three rescue chimpanzees from a chimpanzee rescue centre, the ‘Jack primate rehabilitation center’ in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, and… Read More »Ransom demanded for the return of 3 kidnapped chimpanzees (Congo)
Chimpanzees have their own drumming style. Some are much wilder than others, scientists have discovered when observing chimpanzees in a Ugandan rainforest where the males… Read More »Chimpanzees don’t say goodbye because they keep in touch through drum beats
NEWS AND COMMENT-KHARKIV, UKRAINE: The back story to this news item is the war in Ukraine and we know that Kharkiv has been attacked on… Read More »Ukraine: escaped chimp is hugged by woman and he returns to zoo on keeper’s bicycle
NEWS AND COMMENT-INDONESIA: The video has gone viral as you might expect. In an attempt to make an interesting video for his social media account,… Read More »Orangutan scares the living daylights out of wannabe social media star
NEWS AND COMMENT: Researchers have discovered that chimpanzees in Gabon, Africa, treat each other with the fluid inside an unknown insect (haemolymph) when they have… Read More »Chimpanzees treat cuts with the haemolymph inside insects
What is cumulative culture? The best ways to describe it is to refer to the way that chimpanzees from Bossou, Guinea, have learned to crack… Read More »Chimpanzees have the social skills to benefit from cumulative culture
NEWS AND COMMENT-ANTWERP, BELGIUM: This is a story which turns on the question as to whether a human can have a genuine love affair with… Read More »Woman has love affair with zoo chimp and is banned
This is Ndakasi with her caretaker and lifelong friend Andre Bauma, a park ranger who cared for her. I don’t know but this might be… Read More »Extraordinary photograph of dying female mountain gorilla in the arms of her human caregiver
The picture on this page shows a baboon carrying her long dead infant. It is unsettling but it is also the process of grieving. In… Read More »Grieving apes carry their dead infants
Unquestionably, non-human animals do, indeed, have culture. It is another example of an erosion of the concept of human exceptionalism. Humans like to think that… Read More »Do non-human animals have culture?
We know that humans adopt children through adoption services because their parents are unable to look after their own children for whatever reason. It’s a… Read More »Animals adopting unrelated animals or animals of another species
Zoo gorillas should be given the Covid-19 vaccination because scientists have discovered that captive gorillas at a zoo in California have contracted the disease from,… Read More »Gorillas should be given a Covid-19 vaccination
I can barely write about this because it is so cruel and when you write about cruel things you can be cruel to yourself because… Read More »Cher wants to free gorilla caged for thirty years in a shopping mall
Female gelada monkeys of Ethiopian rapidly mature in the presence of an incoming breeding male. While the biological father of the gelada monkey is present… Read More »Female Ethiopian gelada monkey suppresses development to avoid sex with father
A study published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B tells us that strong social bonds extends the lifespan of baboons. It… Read More »Baboons who are more strongly bonded live longer lives
Uganda’s mountain gorilla population is doing well because during the peace and quiet brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, which shut down tourism, and because… Read More »Uganda’s mountain gorilla births soar due to coronavirus pandemic and better protection
EGYPT – RED SEA COAST – 100-200 BC: The remains of pet monkeys, “sleeping like children”, have been uncovered in an ancient seaport of Egypt… Read More »Wealthy Romans in Egypt imported monkeys from India to keep as pets
This is a remarkable photograph by Ben Birchal (distributed by the agency PA) taken at Bristol Zoo last Wednesday of Kala, a western lowland gorilla,… Read More »Remarkable photograph of lowland gorilla and her infant