When a five-year-old Tonia Haddix went to her local fair in Ozark, Missouri, and saw an organ grinder accompanied by a furry ...

Though measuring animal intelligence is tricky, some animals show remarkable cognitive abilities that may rival our own.

A chimpanzee has ripped a baby from her mother’s arms and killed her in a “violent” attack. The famous tool-using primate reportedly took her into the forest and “butchered” her before ...

Instead, the series wound up focusing on Haddix’s intense relationship with her movie-star pet chimpanzee Tonka and her ensuing battle against PETA after she faked the ape’s death.

Though caretakers had set up a cozy space filled with hammocks and blankets for the chimpanzee, upon arrival at his new home — an ape sanctuary on Florida’s Treasure Coast — he eschewed this ...

I would give my life for him,” Tonia Haddix says in a trailer for HBO’s “Chimp Crazy” docuseries. She’s talking about Tonka, the 32-year-old chimpanzee whose remarkable life story ...

FESTUS, Mo. – A man villainized for shooting an escaped chimp on his property in 2001 is called a “hero” by some today. He’s also responsible for the start of our coverage on a chimpanzee ...

I'm nobody, and he is hanging from a garment rack, his feet dangling from a garment rack like a chimpanzee, and he's in his white T-shirt and he's like, 'Conan, I used to have a full head of hair ...

It was a happy ending for Tonka the chimp, focus of the HBO docuseries Chimp Crazy, which aired its final episode on Sunday night. The primate, who was bred for the entertainment industry ...

The director behind "Tiger King" is sparking reactions from animal rights groups and viewers of the latest docuseries, "Chimp Crazy," which has shined another spotlight on exotic animals.

I would give my life for him,” Tonia Haddix says in a trailer for HBO’s “Chimp Crazy” docuseries. She’s talking about Tonka, the 32-year-old chimpanzee whose remarkable life story ...