apes

Great apes are known to self-medicate by selecting plants with healing properties.

It’s been just over two years since Tonka arrived at Save the Chimps, a 150-acre parcel of protected land where 222 apes born in captivity have come to live out their retirement.

Since then, it has continued to rescue monkeys, apes and prosimians who have been used or abused by humans.

What she views as playful antics look like stressed-out apes bouncing off their steel mesh walls.

Measuring the heart rate of great apes in captivity is essential for both health management and animal studies.