An Australian zoo Wednesday unveiled a baby chimp adopted by a pregnant female in an “unheard of” act after his mother died during birth. The baby, whose name Boon means blessing, was orphaned when ...

Janet the young chimpanzee is in forest school at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary after tumultuous first year of life Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Chimpanzees are hunted for their meat almost everywhere they live. Parts of Africa and Asia are particularly well known for eating so-called bushmeat, including the Republic of Guinea. Hunting ...

Baby chimp Boon - who was orphaned when his mother Soona died shortly after he was born on October 9, 2015 - clings to his new adopted mother Zombi in Monarto Zoo, southeast of Adelaide, Australia ...

A six-month-old chimpanzee has been reintroduced to her group and accepted by a surrogate mother at a Kent zoo. Baby Jane was rejected by her mother when she was born at Wingham Wildlife Park, between ...