Michael Jackson's love of animals takes center stage in the new biopic "Michael." Featured in the movie are several of Jackson's pets that he owned when he still lived at his family estate in Encino, ...

Do chimpanzees have emotions? According to Sheri Speede, the author of KINDRED BEINGS: What Seventy- Three Chimpanzees Taught Me About Life, Love, and Connection, chimpanzees experience the same range ...

The filmmakers behind Netflix’s pandemic sensation “Tiger King” have returned to tell another story of domesticated animals. This time, Tonia Haddix and her 32-year-old former Hollywood chimp Tonka ...

You know that feeling when you spot a really good rock and just have to pick it up? Turns out, chimpanzees get it too — and they might be even more intense about it than you are. A study published in ...

At the lush Florida sanctuary that she now calls home, Iris is known as “a chimp’s chimp” who has little enthusiasm for human caretakers but a lot of interest in one particular male primate. “We ...

Jane Goodall took the stage Monday night wearing a bright purple shawl and a necklace bearing a symbol of the African continent. “I would like to start off by bringing into this space the voice of the ...

Humans aren't the only species that dabble in the occasional drink. From fruit flies to elephants, creatures across the animal kingdom have been observed consuming fermented foods. But what happens ...

West African chimpanzees sit next to each other on the Fongoli home range in the Kedougou region, on December 9, 2025. PATRICK MEINHARDT PATRICK MEINHARDT/AFP via Getty Images You know that feeling ...