Monday, January 2, 2012 - 10:46am
Kanzi, a bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) has acquired some special skills; he knows how to build a fire and cook his own food. First he learned to collect dry firewood. Now he's worked all the way up to camp chef.
monkeys stories
Friday, December 30, 2011 - 11:58am
Further proof that iPads are everywhere has emerged. Orangutans at the Milwaukee Zoo have been given donated iPads via the Apps for Apes program, and have taken to them naturally. Favorite apps? They love drawing, playing the drums and above all — checking each other out. One guy even cozies up to David Attenborough documentaries. Go ahead. You can collectively say, "Awww..."
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 10:34am
It's been nine months after the tsunami and earthquake destroyed the Fukushima nuclear power plant, and still no one knows how bad the radioactive contamination is. Radiation levels are expected to still be off the charts, and scientists at Fukushima University are planning to use wild monkeys to find out via specially outfitted collars.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 3:07am
Whether or not you subscribe to the infinite monkey theorem (although you might like to know that Frooch is a Bonobo, Pete Pachal a Silverback, Charlie a Rhesus, and Leslie and I both Orang-utans — we spend our weekends picking...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 1:01pm
Brain-machine interface technology just went bananas. Researchers successfully trained two macaque monkey test subjects, equipped with small sensor grids the size of a freckle in their noggins, to manipulate robotic limbs. The monkeys use the arms to reach for...
