Project Nim, a documentary film directed by James Marsh, is the story of scientist Herb Terrace and his experiment—initiated in December, 1973—to teach sign language to a chimpanzee named Nim. It is ...

When a baby chimpanzee is found in captivity, researchers race to reunite her with her family. But an unexpected member of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Zoo says that one of their chimpanzees unexpectedly died Monday afternoon. The announcement, made Tuesday, says that Winston the chimpanzee died at the age of 38 ...

I'm thrilled to announce the publication of Wesleyan University Professor Lori Gruen's new edited book called The Ethics of Captivity (additional details can be found here). There are very few people ...