The zoo said 2-year-old Alizeti was injured during a scuffle with Moshi, her troop's alpha male, when she wouldn't come out ...

The 2-year-old had to have a toe amputated and reconstructive foot surgery after the altercation with another chimp.

A two-year-old chimpanzee at Sedgwick County Zoo is recovering after sustaining injuries during an altercation with her troop’s alpha male.

“Primate” is a horror movie focused on a pet chimpanzee named Ben that contracts rabies and goes on a gruesome killing spree.

A chimpanzee got out of its enclosure at the Indianapolis Zoo, forcing the zoo to be placed on lockdown.It all unfolded around 10 a.m. when the zoo said a female chimpanzee was seen outside her ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The San Francisco Zoo is soon saying goodbye to Twiggy, a beloved female chimpanzee, and two others as they plan to temporarily close the chimpanzee exhibit and make room for a ...

Cobby, a 63-year-old chimpanzee who was the oldest male chimp in captivity at an accredited U.S. zoo, died on Friday at the San Francisco Zoo. While the zoo says Cobby's cause of death is not yet ...

Captive chimpanzees are one of the most popular species kept in zoos because of their charismatic appeal and similarity to humans. They are the closest living relatives of humans because of the shared ...

A chimpanzee escaped its enclosure on Friday morning at the Indianapolis Zoo, forcing a lockdown for visitors for about two hours before the team managed to sedate and return her to the exhibit. The ...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- The LA Zoo announced on Thursday the arrival of two new baby chimpanzees -- the first chimpanzees born at the zoo in 11 years. The first baby was born to 35-year-old female Yoshi ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...