Humans and captive chimps both consume red meat and live fairly sedentary lifestyles, but only the former develops a plaque buildup in their arteries. Research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday pinpoints a missing gene that may make humans more susceptible to heart disease than our jungle-swinging cousins.
Read moreAn orangutan mother has been blinded after being shot with at least 74 air gun pellets on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, where threats to the endangered species have increased as the palm oil and paper industries shrink its jungle habitat.
Read moreIn a new study, scientists argue that this diversity of behaviors should be protected as species themselves are safeguarded, and that they are now under threat from human disturbance.
Read moreEnvironmentalists lost a court challenge Monday to a Chinese-backed dam in Indonesia that will rip through the habitat of the most critically endangered orangutan species.
Read moreA 17-year-old fugitive monkey has been reunited with her daughter at a Berlin zoo after being caught at a railway station in the German capital.
Read moreA group of chimpanzees at the Belfast Zoo used branches weakened by a storm to make a ladder and escape from their enclosure Saturday, zookeepers say.
Read moreBasel Zoo in northwestern Switzerland said Thursday that a paternity test on a baby orangutan shows she wasn’t fathered by the male in her enclosure.
Read moreBerlin’s unwanted Christmas trees have ended their days as a festive snack for zoo elephants and stocking fillers for some of their fellow residents.
Read moreChris Brown has been charged with monkey-related misdemeanors.
Read moreThe world’s only known albino orangutan climbed trees, foraged for food and began building a nest after being released into a remote Borneo jungle more than a year after conservation officials found her starving and dehydrated in an Indonesian village.
Read moreThere are more gorillas in the mist — a rare conservation success story, scientists say.
Read moreScientists are calling for cancellation of a Chinese-backed hydroelectric dam in Indonesia that threatens the habitat of a newly discovered orangutan species numbering only 800 animals.
Read moreRuling against a group that seeks personhood recognition for chimpanzees, a New York appeals court refused Thursday to free a pair of caged primates.
Read moreThe majority of nonhuman primate species could be extinct within the next 25 years due to shrinking habitats and an expanding illegal animal trade, among other threats.
Read moreThe nonprofit Missouri Primate Foundation claims in court that PETA used a spy to defame it by taking undercover photos and videos of its chimpanzee housing facilities to try to build a case to take the chimps.
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