Interview: Jane Goodall on the Future of Plants and Chimps
The renowned chimp expert discusses her new book, her efforts to protect the rainforest and why she misses living with chimps
February 21, 2013 |
By Joseph Stromberg
Rare and Intimate Photos of a Gorilla Family in the Wild
Two photographers ventured deep into the forests of central Africa to capture touching photos of a 33-year-old wild silverback and his clan
November 2012 |
By Abigail Tucker
A Quest to Save the Orangutan
Birute Mary Galdikas has devoted her life to saving the great ape. But the orangutan faces its greatest threat yet
December 2010 |
By Bill Brubaker
Thinking Like a Chimpanzee
Tetsuro Matsuzawa has spent 30 years studying our closest primate relative to better understand the human mind
September 2010 |
By Jon Cohen
UPDATE: State of Emergency
The latest on the endangered mountain gorillas in war-ravaged Congo
January 09, 2008 |
By Jess Blumberg
Animal Insight
Recent studies illustrate which traits humans and apes have in common—and which they don't
October 11, 2007 |
By Anne Casselman
Guerrillas in Their Midst
Face to face with Congo's imperiled mountain gorillas
October 2007 |
By Paul Raffaele
State of Emergency
The slaughter of four endangered mountain gorillas in war-ravaged Congo sparks conservationist action
August 01, 2007 |
By Jess Blumberg
When one of the National Zoo's gorillas goes in for tests, it's not just standard operating-room procedure
By discovering heart disease early, echocardiograms have improved life for many a human; now Washington cardiologists are using them to help great apes at the National Zoo
January 1997 |
By Michael Kernan
