Kentucky primate sanctuary highlights growing issues with private ownership
Spectrum News 1 visits the Primate Rescue Center to discuss growing concerns with private primate ownership in light of the recent HBO documentary, “Chimp Crazy”.
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Chimps and Bonobos Can Recognize Long-Lost Friends and Family
Researchers led by a University of California, Berkeley comparative psychologist have found that great apes and chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, can recognize groupmates they haven’t seen in over two decades — evidence of what’s believed to be the longest-lasting nonhuman memory ever recorded.
Infected monkeys at Michigan research lab threaten health and science
Monkeys infected with tuberculosis were imported into Michigan earlier this year, sparking a disease investigation by state officials and raising questions from animal rights advocates over national testing shortfalls.
‘It was very traumatizing’: Loose pet monkey attacks woman in Dickson
A Carter County woman says she was attacked and injured by a neighbor’s pet monkey while in her own front yard Sunday afternoon.
Chimps show off their ‘signature’ drum beats
Wild chimpanzees have their own “signature drumming style” according to scientists. Researchers who followed and studied chimps in the Ugandan rainforest found that the animals drum out messages to one another on tree roots.
Study reports first evidence of social relationships between chimpanzees, gorillas
A long-term study led by primatologist Crickette Sanz at Washington University in St. Louis reveals the first evidence of lasting social relationships between chimpanzees and gorillas in the wild.