Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mike, described by researchers as charismatic and popular with the female chimps, carried a baobab fruit to eat later (PATRICK ...

A chimpanzee briefly roamed free inside the Indianapolis Zoo on Friday, prompting staff to direct guests back to their cars or into secure indoor areas. Indianapolis Fire Department records indicate ...

FESTUS, Mo. — Two chimpanzees were captured after escaping a sanctuary near Festus Sunday afternoon. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Grant Bissell confirmed the chimps escaped from the ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WKRC/WISH/CNN Newsource) - A female chimpanzee that escaped from her enclosure at the Indianapolis Zoo on Friday morning was safely returned after being sedated. The escape prompted a ...

WXIN reported that first responders were initially dispatched to the zoo for a reported animal bite. But the Indy Star reported that it was unclear as of late Friday morning if anyone had been bitten ...

Michel Tama Sadiakhou's future dramatically changed course some 15 years ago thanks to a clan of spear-wielding apes: instead of the dangerous work in informal gold mines that is the fate of many in ...

On a recent morning, Mike, a charismatic, middle-aged chimp, ambled along the savannah floor, baobab fruit dangling by a stem from his mouth -- a snack for later -- as Sadiakhou watched. Every five ...