(CNN)-- A Connecticut woman pleaded for police to "please hurry" to save a friend from an attack by a pet chimpanzee, according to emotional 911 recordings released Tuesday by Stamford police.

Recent years have seen a lot of conjecture around Tonka, the chimpanzee once well-known for his roles in films like George of the Jungle and Buddy. Viewers who have followed his path from the ...

A new examination of controversial old footage of chimpanzees suggests the apes may be capable of learning to speak ...

This story appears in the February 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. A few years ago, while setting up camp deep in the Congolese rain forest, Dave Morgan and Crickette Sanz heard a ...

Though very close in genetic relationship and virtually next-door neighbors, chimpanzees and a less-well-known species called bonobos in Zaire are socially poles apart. Only identified as a ...

The woman at the center of HBO’s docuseries Chimp Crazy is still on the hook for nearly $240,000 after she faked the death of her pet chimpanzee Tonka, as PETA is urging a judge to consider ...

Wild chimpanzees eat plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves, according to scientists. They described their “detective work” in the forests of Uganda ...

When thinking about whether chimpanzees are dangerous, context is an important factor. For instance, will a lone chimp attack a tourist while on an African hiking trail? Probably not, the sight of ...

National Geographic assigned Hugo to document chimp behaviors but also to film and photograph what they called “human interest”—Jane playing with the chimps and even washing her hair.

Alan Cumming has been painting with his longtime chimp bestie. The Emmy-winning “The Traitors” host has collaborated on an abstract painting with Tonka, a primate who stars of HBO’s “Chimp ...

A study comparing chimpanzee and human brains suggests that the regions that grew the most during human evolution are the most susceptible to aging. By Carl Zimmer The human brain, more than any ...

By Rick Porter Television Writer HBO‘s Chimp Crazy is looking like it will be the outlet’s most watched documentary series in several years. As for Industry, Sunday’s episode (the third of ...