It’s big news at the Los Angeles Zoo on Thursday, Sept. 25, where officials unveiled a tiny chimp girl born to 35-year-old female chimpanzee Yoshi and 26-year-old male Pu’iwa on Aug. 20, and another ...

Staff at the zoo announced on Tuesday afternoon that a new chimpanzee baby had been born. The baby was born on August 5, 2025, to mom Kianga. The animal care team at the zoo has been observing the mom ...

Baby chimps thrive when their moms have lots of friends, according to new research. Chimpanzee mothers with stronger social ties are more likely to raise surviving babies, even without help from ...

The LA Zoo announced Thursday the arrival of two new baby chimpanzees — the first chimpanzees born at the zoo in 11 years. The first baby was born to 35-year-old female Yoshi and 26-year-old male ...

The Los Angeles Zoo announced Thursday that its chimpanzee troop has welcomed two healthy baby girls — the first chimps born at the zoo in more than a decade. The infants and their moms, Yoshi and ...

These remote mountains in western Tanzania don't get the crowds of Gombe, which Jane Goodall made famous, or other sites in ...

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Human communication is a complex weave of words and gestures — a mix of vocal and visual signals. "People use vocal and visual communication in a very rich and combined way," says Joseph Mine, a ...