The apes - riddled with infectious diseases - were abandoned on a secret Liberian river island after being freed from a US testing laboratory. The jungle wilderness - known to locals as ‘Monkey Island ...

Scientists say chimpanzees can predict our actions by figuring out what we see and hear, like a so-called mind reader who is just a clever observer of human behaviour. Research has also determined ...

A new report finds thousands of African primates, including chimpanzees and gorillas, are being traded both legally and illegally. Most of the legal trade in great apes is for scientific and zoo ...

A German lab where monkeys were filmed screaming in pain while their necks were held in harnesses during cruel tests has had its licence revoked. Authorities have ordered a site in Mienenbüttel run by ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. A US lawyer's landmark legal battle to free two lab chimpanzees being used in research at a New York university has been dealt a blow.

Primates are one of the most diverse groups of mammals with more than 500 species, including humans. In proportion to their ...

World War Three is here - but not in the way you may expect. A deadly "civil war" has broken out among the largest group of wild chimpanzees known to scientists, resulting in a permanent split in to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. TODDLERS and their closest ape relatives can hold their heads high. A landmark study comparing the abilities of hundreds of chimpanzees ...