Janet the young chimpanzee is in forest school at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary after tumultuous first year of life Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

“One of the main findings is that all chimpanzee kids are risky, and that infant and juvenile chimpanzees are even more risky ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The chimpanzee habitat at the Los Angeles Zoo was open for visitors Wednesday, a day after a baby chimp was killed by an adult male in front of dozens of visitors. The baby’s mother ...

BALTIMORE -- A female chimp was born last month at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, the zoo said Tuesday, and the public will be able to name it. The baby will be joining three other juvenile chimps -- ...

ASHEBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Zoo is growing. Last week, the zoo welcomed a baby girl to the chimpanzee troop. According to its Facebook post, the girl was born on July 1 to first-time ...

Zoo visitors at Chester Zoo in northern England recently got a shocking surprise: They watched a chimpanzee give birth to a rare baby. The baby’s mom, Alice, gave birth to the newborn Dec. 29 “in ...

The Detroit Zoo announced the name of a two-month-old chimpanzee on Monday, Sept. 8, on social media. The zoo's Facebook post said zookeepers named her "Nakili" (Nah-key-lee) after the Swahili word ...

The Sedgwick County Zoo shared an update Monday on the death of its 5-week-old chimp, Kucheza, who died last week. After a video of his mother, Mahale, being reunited with him after an emergency ...

A baby chimp in North Carolina has a name — and it’s one that’s familiar to “Star Wars” fans. The little primate’s name is Obi, “a Nigerian word meaning ‘one who charms’ or ‘heart,’” the North ...