Maggie, a chimpanzee that had been at the San Francisco Zoo for over half a century, died last week after suffering from cancer. Maggie was believed to be just shy of 56 and came to the zoo in 1970, ...

Maggie, a 55-year-old chimpanzee at the San Francisco Zoo, died from lymphoma just before her 56th birthday. She was known for her colorful blanket nests and subtle matriarchal role within the troop.

A chimpanzee at San Francisco Zoo and Gardens who was said to be one of the oldest in the United States died this week at the ...

A study finds that young female chimps build nests earlier and more often than males, showing early independence.

After waiting in line for many years, Gremlin, an aged female in the Kasekela community of chimpanzees at Gombe National Park, Tanzania, has finally achieved high social status. This affords her ...

Male chimpanzees in Côte d’Ivoire’s Taï National Park use distinct “auditory gestures” to attract females. However, ...

A chimpanzee named Vanilla looked in awe ... The video begins with the female chimp, who spent her early years in a biomedical research laboratory in New York, hesitantly looking outside from ...

Only identified as a species separate from chimps in 1929, bonobos intrigue biologists with their easygoing ways, sexual equality, female bonding, and zeal for recreational sex. How did bonobos ...

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