Arcus Foundation, from North America, has launched a challege to everyone who supports Save The Chimps Sanctuary, at Fort Pierce, Florida, the biggest Chimpanzees Sanctuary of the world. For each dollar donated by people in general, the foundation will also put one dollar, till the mark reaches half million dollars. Take a look of how is the challenge going until now.
Africa: DRC government directive triggers panic in ape sanctuaries amid ongoing conflict
The Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Center began 2025 with concern and uncertainty. Amidst the violent conflicts plaguing the country, a government request to transfer chimpanzees from the Sanctuary to the capital's zoo in Kinshasa has sparked a crisis and raised suspicions, potentially putting the animals at serious risk.
Elephants, gorillas and chimps hold out in Cameroon’s largest protected landscape
WWF research has revealed that the population of elephants, gorillas and chimpanzees in and around two national parks (Boumba Bek and Nki) in Cameroon has remained relatively stable since 2016. Conservationists celebrate, but continue to warn about the threats still facing wild populations.
A recent study by Johns Hopkins University shows that bonobos are capable of intuiting the ignorance of others, an ability previously thought to be exclusively human. This capacity is called "Theory of Mind" and was demonstrated by bonobos living at the Ape Initiative, a non-profit research and education organization in the United States.
Today marks 64 years of the first chimpanzee in space
Exactly 64 years ago, three-year-old Ham was forced to become the first chimpanzee to travel into space. Save the Chimps Sanctuary honors Ham and his involuntary sacrifice, remembering that it was the fate of the chimpanzees in the US Air Force that inspired the founding of the Sanctuary.
Chimpanzees choose stone tools like early human ancestors from 2.5 million years ago
A new study published in the Journal of Human Evolution has shown remarkable similarities between how modern chimpanzees and early human ancestors pick tools, giving fresh insights into the evolution of tool use. The scientists watched chimps in Bossou, Guinea, using a hammer to hit nuts and an anvil to hold them steady.
We remember with love Nega (born in 1977, first photo) and Pinho (born in 1985, second photo). Both lived for many years in the famous Garcia circus, "working" in the performances. However, they were kept in separate cages.
Katai and Sansão: orangutans in captivity in Brazil
Female orangutan Katai is the only resident of the species in a sanctuary in Brazil. Sansão lives alone in the São Paulo zoo for years. A lawsuit requests Sansão to be transferred to the sanctuary, aiming to improve both orangutan’s…
Meet the beautiful Katai! The female orangutan was born in 1985 in a German zoo and is a Sumatra/Borneo hybrid. Since 2010, she has been one of the residents of the Anami Institute's Great Apes Sanctuary, in Paraná.
Throughout her life in the circus, Lucy gave birth to several children, but had no chance of becoming a mother. The babies were snatched from her on the day they were born, probably to be sold.
Lucy is a docile female and very zealous with her children. During her life in the circus, she had several puppies, but no opportunity to raise them, as they were taken from her the same day they were born. With her arrival at Anami, this reality changed. Lucy can raise Noel, her youngest son.