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Chimpanzee Lizzie celebrates milestone birthday at Belfast Zoo

One of the oldest residents at Belfast Zoo has celebrated her 50th birthday. Chimpanzee Lizzie was born at the zoo in 1972 to parents Josie and Tommy. She currently shares her home with six other chimpanzees, including her daughters Kim and Lucy, as ...

10 Aug 2022 at 09:27

Chimpanzees produce ‘hunting bark’ to co-ordinate group members – study

Chimpanzees produce a “hunting bark” to call members of their group and co-ordinate a hunt, new research suggests. Similar to humans, the animals use communication to coordinate their cooperative behaviour – such as during hunting. When chimpanzees ...

29 Jul 2022 at 20:00

Infant chimp Masindi celebrates her second birthday at Edinburgh Zoo

An infant chimpanzee from a critically endangered species has celebrated her second birthday at Edinburgh Zoo. Western chimpanzee Masindi, the youngest of the troop at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland zoo’s Budongo Trail, spent her big day ...

03 Feb 2022 at 15:26

Tool use may be socially learned in wild chimpanzees, research suggests

Chimpanzees do not automatically know how to crack nuts with stone tools, but instead learn this behaviour from others, new research suggests. The findings indicate the culture of the animals may be more similar to humans than often assumed. ...

24 Jan 2022 at 18:55

Boost for conservation as critically endangered chimpanzee born at Chester Zoo

Chester Zoo has welcomed its newest arrival – a western chimpanzee baby. In a boost for conservation efforts, he was born on December 9 after an eight-month pregnancy. Andrew Lenihan, team manager at the attraction, said: “We’re incredibly ...

12 Jan 2023 at 13:37

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Escaped chimpanzees recaptured in Sweden as four shot dead

Officials at a Swedish zoo have recaptured three chimpanzees who had broken out of their enclosure, and got them back into a secure space, but four others were shot dead. The Furuvik zoo said in a statement that the surviving animals are ...

18 Dec 2022 at 09:08

Chimpanzees can combine calls to communicate new meaning – study

Chimpanzees can combine calls to communicate new meaning and signal when there is a threat, a study has found. Researchers suggest this ability might be evolutionarily more ancient than previously thought. A key feature of human ...

04 May 2023 at 10:23

Bonobos make friends outside their group and help each other like humans – study

Wild bonobos make friends outside their group and help each other out, challenging the view that only humans are capable of forming strategic alliances, scientists have said. Researchers have found this endangered great ape ...

16 Nov 2023 at 19:00

Chimpanzees go to hilltops to gather information about rival groups, study finds

Chimpanzees use high ground to gather information about rival groups and reduce the risk of confrontation, a study suggests. Until now, using elevated terrain to observe other groups was seen as a tactic unique to humans, ...

02 Nov 2023 at 18:00

Researchers find ‘first proof of menopause in wild chimpanzees’

Researchers say they have found the first proof of menopause in wild chimpanzees. The team studied the Ngogo community of wild chimpanzees in western Uganda’s Kibale National Park for two decades, and found that in ...

26 Oct 2023 at 19:00

Chester Zoo celebrates birth of rare chimpanzee

Conservationists at Chester Zoo are celebrating the birth of a rare baby chimpanzee. Newly released images of the tiny newborn show it being cradled by mum Alice and other female relatives in the 22-strong troop. ...

07 Feb 2024 at 11:15

Zoo’s oldest chimp reaches grand old age of 50

One of Britain’s oldest chimpanzees has celebrated her 50th birthday. Koko, who resides at Whipsnade Zoo in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, reached the milestone on Sunday, outliving a chimpanzee’s average life ...

05 Jun 2023 at 14:43

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