Chimpanzees

Articles

Chimpanzee Facts
If you want to know about some of the interesting facts about chimpanzees, read this article.

Chimpanzees Observed Using Spears to Hunt Other Primates
Researchers in Senegal have issued a report detailing their observations of wild chimpanzees that were making and using wooden spears to hunt and kill other smaller primates.

Central Kenya National animal Parks-Mt Kenya & Aberdare Park
Central Kenya highland vacation is around Mt Kenya and Aberdare mountains. There are two Kenya mountain National Parks here namely Mt Kenya mountain National Park, Aberdare mount national park Oldonyo Sabuk and Meru National Park, there is also the sweat waters chimpanzee sanctuary among the many other private conservancies.

Gorilla Intelligence And That Of The Other Great Apes
The gorilla has a bigger brain than that of the chimpanzee yet all the evidence indicates that the chimp is the smarter of the two!

Our Nearest Evolutionary Relative, the Chimpanzee
The discovery of a chimpanzee making and using a spear in Senegal is not only a surprising revelation about our nearest evolutionary relative, say Mairi MacLeod and Ian Sample - it could also provide invaluable insights into how man developed technology.

How Did the Chimp Cross the Road?
The modern hazard of crossing the road has revealed an unprecedented chivalrous streak among wild chimpanzees, according to video footage released yesterday.

Hunt for Origin of Hiv Pandemic Ends at Chimpanzee Colony in Cameroon
· Animals found with virus strikingly similar to HIV · Butchered chimps' blood may have infected hunters

War Leaves Chimps Open to Slaughter in Last Refuge
Conservationists warn that Congo's great apes, including its chimpanzees, face extinction because of logging and hunting.

Apeing the Gender Gap Young Female Chimps Outsmart Males
Chimpanzees have demonstrated yet another close similarity to their human cousins. Young female chimps learn skills earlier, spend more time studying and tend to do better than young male chimpanzees.

Young Female Chimps Outsmart Males
Chimpanzees have demonstrated yet another close similarity to their human cousins. Young female chimps learn skills earlier, spend more time studying and tend to do better than young male chimpanzees.

Cataract Surgery In Remote Jungle Restores Chimp's Sight
Veterinary history was made in a remote jungle in Cameroon, Africa, in January, with the world's first cataract removal surgery on a chimpanzee.

African Sanctuary May 'Gift' Chimps To Substandard Chinese Zoo
The Ugandan Wildlife Authority has announced plans to send several of its resident chimpanzees to the Changsha Zoological Garden as a "gift" to the Chinese government.

Sanctuary For 'Retired' Lab Chimps Being Built In Louisiana
In late November, construction began in Shreveport, Louisiana on Chimp Haven, a $29 million federally financed project to house the growing surplus of research chimpanzees in the United States.

Lab Chimps Get Glimmer Of Light At End Of Tunnel
At the annual American Association of Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) convention held in Seattle Washington's Convention and Trade Center last month, animal pain and its treatment was one of the top topics, but a proclamation that chimpanzees may one day not be used for research in the United States took center stage.

Family matters
Chimps have language. They can, and do, communicate with humans. There is a linguist chimp called Nim Chimpsky with a vocabulary of 125 signs, all used correctly.