Chimpanzees share more than 98% of human DNA, and decades of field research across Africa show their societies can be intensely violent. Long-term studies at sites like Gombe and Kibale document ...

Bands of chimpanzees violently kill individuals from neighboring groups in order to expand their own territory, according to a 10-year study of a chimp community in Uganda that provides the first ...

STAMFORD -- Charla Nash, the woman severely mauled by her friend's chimpanzee, has made an emotional return to the hospital where she received emergency medical care. Nash, wearing a veil over her ...

Stamford chimp attack victim Charla Nash has hired two politically connected lobbyists while she waits for an unusual office at the Capitol to decide whether she can sue the state for damages.

A new study of chimpanzee and bonobo groups at zoos reveals similar levels of aggression. However, scientists found stark sex-based differences between the species.

If you’ve paid any attention to chimpanzees in the news recently, you’ve probably noticed that they have a PR problem. On the 16th of February in Stamford, Connecticut, a chimp named Travis was shot ...

Charla Nash, the Stamford woman who was mauled by a chimpanzee nearly three years ago, is venturing out after a face transplant and says her new face is getting compliments. NBC's "Today" broadcast an ...

This time, though, the attack was at his own Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden in eastern South Africa. And Cussons, host of the Animal Planet show "Escape to Chimp Eden," is without an ...

These chimps, Ollie and Buddy, charged the Davises. One bit off LaDonna’s left thumb, but it was St. James who bore the brunt of the attack. The chimps gouged out his right eye and chewed off his nose ...