David Barash’s ‘humanzee’ ‘chimphuman’ hybrid breeding is just an attack on Christianity
University of Washington psychology professor emeritus David Barash’s shocking proposal in a new article for Nautilus, “It’s Time to Make Human-Chimp Hybrids,” based on a forthcoming book by Barash from More...
New York court to rule on chimps being given ‘Personhood’ rights
The appellate division of the New York Supreme Court will hear oral arguments beginning Thursday in a case about whether two chimpanzees deserve the rights of “personhood.” The Nonhuman Rights Project, More...
Brazilian capuchins have been using stone tools to crack nuts for 100s of years: Oxford researchers
New archaeological evidence suggests that Brazilian capuchins have been using stone tools to crack open cashew nuts for at least 700 years. Researchers say, to date, they have found the earliest archaeological examples More...
Jane Goodall and experts join the battle to free Kiko the Chimpanzee
Nonhuman Rights Project President Steven M. Wise and the NhRP’s legal team are leading the effort to free Kiko, a chimpanzee imprisoned in a cage in a cement storefront in a crowded residential area in Niagara More...
Follow-up: Chimps that mauled American student given immunity
In a follow-up to a story Monday, South African government investigators have ruled that, Nikki and Amadeus, the male chimpanzees who mauled an American grad student last week, were defending their territory More...
UT San Antonio grad student, Andrew Oberle undergoes surgery after champanzee attack in S. Africa
An American graduate student is improving according to doctors after undergoing 6 hours of surgery Sunday after getting mauled by two chimpanzees at an animal sanctuary in South Africa. Photo/Caelio via Wikimedia More...
‘Charlie the Smoking Chimp’ dead at 52, lives a decade longer than most chimps
A chimpanzee which became addicted to smoking cigarettes has died from old age having managed to live at least 10 years longer than most chimps. ‘Charlie the Smoking Chimp’ was famous for his habit, More...
