The illegal trade in live chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau is more widespread than current data indicates, scientists believe, ...

The illegal trade in live chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau is more widespread than current data indicates, scientists believe, ...

They're extremely intelligent animals! It may seem that having a pet chimp to tickle and play with would be a lot of fun, and it would be! But chimps are wild and dangerous animals. They are very ...

Mama the chimp and Professor Jan van Hooff first met in 1972 and formed a deep bond Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

Kidnapped from his family as an infant, then raised by a drug lord before ending up in a Colombian zoo, Yoko the chimpanzee ...

A chimpanzee named Chita arrived at the Antwerp ... Antwerp Zoo noted that Chita's fascination with humans is present because he was a pet before joining the facility. The zoo has now banned ...

Speaking to a host of people who have owned chimps as pets, Chimp Crazy focuses on why people become so attached to these baby-like pets, and how having these highly-intelligent, but at times volatile ...