Owning some exotic animals is possible, but not without careful compliance to regulations at the federal, state, and local levels.

The year 2025 saw the births of five bush dog puppies, three penguin chicks, two sloth bear cubs, a colobus monkey, a gorilla and a chimpanzee.

You can give your valentine a really unique gift this year. Instead of something soft to snuggle, how about a prickly ...

Reported measles cases in South Carolina surged by almost 30% in the last few days, state health officials said Friday. The South Carolina health department reported 124 new cases since Tuesday, ...

Between 2000 and 2023, more than 6,000 African primates were traded internationally in 50 countries, according to a newly published report. Endangered chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and critically ...

Lion Country Safari in Loxahatchee, Florida, holds an annual "Christmas with the Chimps" event. The preserve's 17 chimpanzees receive wrapped gifts containing treats, toys, and clothing. Sometimes, ...

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK, Uganda (AP) — The man tracking chimpanzee movements in a rainforest is required to follow the primates wherever they go — except up in the trees. Onesmas Ainebyona stalks the ...

A Washington D.C.-based nonprofit is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to consider a lawsuit that seeks to remove seven chimpanzees from an Upper Peninsula zoo and to legally recognize the primates as ...

SOME OLD FRIENDS. SO ABBY’S CARRYING IVY. SHE’S IVY’S FOSTER MOM, AND THEN FOLLOWING THEM AROUND. IS LOLA IN THE CHIMPANZEE FOREST AT THE MARYLAND ZOO IN BALTIMORE. THEY DON’T KNOW IT YET, BUT THE ...

A chimpanzee that escaped its enclosure was recaptured on November 14, the Indianapolis Zoo said. “At approximately 10 am, a female chimpanzee was seen outside her exhibit,” the zoo said in a Facebook ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The Indianapolis Zoo said Friday that an escaped chimpanzee was safely captured without any visitors, staff, or the chimp being hurt. The female chimpanzee will be returned to ...