Complete coverage on

Apes

An American student is in critical condition after undergoing two operations after chimpanzees tore at his body in front of tourists at a South African animal sanctuary, a hospital spokeswoman told CNN on Tuesday.

Latest Stories

'Dungeon' chimps feel grass for 1st timeupdated: Sat Apr 21 2012 16:50:00

CNN's John Zarrella takes you behind the scenes as one-time research chimps are moved to a sanctuary home.

Laboratory chimps get a new lease on lifeupdated: Sat Apr 21 2012 16:50:00

Shortly after her birth, Moesha was taken away from her mother and sent to a laboratory for a life of medical testing.

Meet one of the oldest chimpanzees in captivityupdated: Sat Apr 21 2012 09:01:00

Senior citizens are common in Florida but one 74-year-old is in a class of her own: "Little Mama" is believed to be the oldest chimpanzee in captivity.

Tracking Rwanda's mountain gorillasupdated: Wed Apr 18 2012 23:20:00

Take a journey of discovery to north western Rwanda in search of the majestic mountain gorilla.

Orangutans stressed by eco-touristsupdated: Sun Mar 25 2012 23:44:00

Gorillas put off their food and stressed out orangutans, could nature tourism be bad for wild animals' health?

Ted Turner donates $1 million to save endangered gorillasupdated: Thu Mar 08 2012 12:37:00

Ted Turner has donated $1 million to help save endangered gorillas in eastern Congo, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund announced.

Gorillas filmed up close in the wildupdated: Tue Jan 24 2012 11:20:00

CNN films gorillas up close in Rwanda - one of three countries where mountain gorillas can be observed in the wild.

Claim of octogenarian chimp prompts questionsupdated: Fri Dec 30 2011 22:57:00

A Florida primate sanctuary on Thursday maintained its chimpanzee named Cheetah, who died last week, was more than 80 years old and acted in the Tarzan movies during the 1930s, amid doubts about his age.

Planet of the walking apes?updated: Thu Mar 10 2011 05:51:00

American Morning spotlights a 21-year-old silverback gorilla who has started walking like a human.

How the human penis lost its spinesupdated: Thu Mar 10 2011 05:51:00

You've read the headline, and it probably made you giggle. Go ahead. Get it out of your system. Then take a deep breath and consider how evolution affected a few specific body parts, and why.

Gabon arrests 5 for trafficking in illegal animal partsupdated: Fri Jan 21 2011 09:56:00

Authorities in Gabon have arrested five people for dealing in illegal animal parts, which included the heads of a gorilla and 12 chimpanzees, according to Conservation Justice, a wildlife preservation group.

Confiscated animal partsupdated: Fri Jan 21 2011 09:56:00

Five people are arrested in Gabon for dealing in illegal animal parts.

New Mexico chimps won't be used in additional research, pending reviewupdated: Fri Jan 07 2011 15:19:00

More than 180 chimpanzees, used in research testing for decades and set to be transferred from a New Mexico colony to a Texas research facility for possible use in further testing, will not be moved pending a review of the situation, officials said.

Study: Mountain gorilla population growingupdated: Fri Jan 07 2011 14:34:00

The number of mountain gorillas, which are a critically endangered species, has increased by more than 26% in regions in eastern Africa, according to a new survey released Friday.

Young chimps in the wild show signs of doll play, report findsupdated: Tue Dec 21 2010 20:42:00

It's just days till Christmas, and many young girls around the world will be thrilled to find little dolls under the tree to play with.

Orphaned gorillas find a safe havenupdated: Fri Dec 17 2010 05:19:00

In a remote, rural area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund has opened the country's first rehabilitation center for Grauer's gorillas.

The endangered gorillas of Gomaupdated: Fri Dec 17 2010 05:19:00

Conservationists plan a bold experiment, reintroducing orphaned, endangered gorillas back into their forest habitat.

Baby gorilla coming to Zoo Atlantaupdated: Tue Nov 30 2010 17:29:00

A 16-year-old lowlands gorilla named Kudzoo is expecting her second baby, veterinarians at Zoo Atlanta announced Tuesday.

Richardson: USDA should halt scheduled chimp transferupdated: Thu Nov 18 2010 14:55:00

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson thinks Flo the chimpanzee needs a friend.

Is infidelity natural? Ask the apesupdated: Thu Sep 02 2010 10:52:00

In recent weeks, a series of CNN articles have appeared purporting to get to the bottom of male infidelity. "Men More Likely to Cheat on Women With Bigger Paychecks," one headline informs us; yet in the body of the article we are told that the opposite is true as well: "A man who makes significantly more money than his girlfriend or wife is also more likely to cheat."

Monogamy unnatural for our sexy speciesupdated: Thu Jul 29 2010 14:24:00

Seismic cultural shifts about 10,000 years ago rendered the true story of human sexuality so subversive and threatening that for centuries, it has been silenced by religious authorities, pathologized by physicians, studiously ignored by scientists and covered up by moralizing therapists.

Gorillas fight for survivalupdated: Thu Jul 22 2010 14:57:00

VBS travels to Democratic Republic of Congo where mountain gorillas are in a desperate fight for their survival.

We recommend