NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Chimpanzees who have spent their lives in U.S. research labs being prodded, poked and tested may be headed for retirement in a leafy sanctuary where they can climb trees, socialize ...

In a dome-shaped outdoor cage, a dozen chimpanzees are hooting. The hair on their shoulders is sticking straight up. "That’s piloerection," a sign of emotional arousal, says Dr. Dana Hasselschwert, ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a story May 3 about chimpanzees, The Associated Press reported erroneously, based on information from the organization Project Chimps, that a university laboratory in Louisiana ...

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The last 15 chimps at animal research lab Bioqual in Rockville are being moved out of the facility, but the Humane Society of the United States said they should be taken to an animal sanctuary and not ...

This browser does not support the Video element. Vanilla, the 28-year-old chimpanzee was finally introduced to an open sky for the first time in her life on June 27. Never being outside her entire ...