As scientists have studied the chimpanzee, they’ve found more and more similarities between humans and their closest living relatives. But when it comes to the courts, chimps and humans couldn’t be ...

Chimpanzees in Michigan are not considered "persons" with human rights, according to the state's Court of Appeals. That means ...

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"Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you." That's the longest string of words that Nim Chimpsky, a chimpanzee who scientists raised as a human and taught sign ...

A Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Friday that chimpanzees are not human, and will not be granted release from a zoo in the ...

A 4.4-million-year-old Ardipithecus fossil named "Ardi" shows early humans walked upright, keeping ape-like climbing ...

A similar disorganized attachment can occur in captive chimpanzees, particularly orphans who are raised by humans. A lack of a permanent caregiver can lead to this more fearful behavior. However, in ...

The Michigan Court of Appeals has denied a writ of habeas corpus for seven chimpanzees currently at the DeYoung Family Zoo in ...

Scientists estimate chimps’ alcohol consumption for the first time, and find they seem to prefer boozier fruit.

Chimpanzees consume daily alcohol equivalent to two cocktails from ripe fruits, shedding light on human evolutionary ties to ...

Scientists report that chimpanzees consume about 14 grams of alcohol daily and suggest the result might help explain humans' ...