Over the last four months, the L.A. Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three chimpanzees. Here's how staff are managing their care.

The L.A. Zoo recently welcomed five baby great apes: three chimps, one orangutan and a gorilla. The breeding process can be lengthy and includes tactics like taking primates off birth control and ...

SOME OLD FRIENDS. SO ABBY’S CARRYING IVY. SHE’S IVY’S FOSTER MOM, AND THEN FOLLOWING THEM AROUND. IS LOLA IN THE CHIMPANZEE FOREST AT THE MARYLAND ZOO IN BALTIMORE. THEY DON’T KNOW IT YET, BUT THE ...

A video showing a chimpanzee smoking a cigarette at a zoo in southern China has spread rapidly online, raising concerns about animal welfare and visitor behavior. The footage, captured at Nanning Zoo ...

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 ...

The San Francisco Zoo is getting ready to say goodbye to its last three chimpanzees. The zoo is temporarily pausing its Chimp Program. Officials say the move allows them to focus on critically ...

A female chimpanzee escaped her enclosure at the Indianapolis Zoo on Friday morning, prompting a lockdown and swift emergency response from zoo staff. The incident occurred at around 10 a.m. on Nov.

A chimpanzee that escaped its enclosure was recaptured on November 14, the Indianapolis Zoo said. “At approximately 10 am, a female chimpanzee was seen outside her exhibit,” the zoo said in a Facebook ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WKRC/WISH/CNN Newsource) - A female chimpanzee that escaped from her enclosure at the Indianapolis Zoo on Friday morning was safely returned after being sedated. The escape prompted a ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The Indianapolis Zoo said Friday that an escaped chimpanzee was safely captured without any visitors, staff, or the chimp being hurt. The female chimpanzee will be returned to ...

A chimpanzee broke out of her enclosure at the Indianapolis Zoo Friday morning, sparking a lockdown that trapped dozens of visitors — including 37 schoolchildren on a field trip. Jake Oakman, the ...