“claimed he was possessed by the spirit of an ancient ape creature and was no longer legally a person”

New Zealand's wackiest publicity-seeking census dodger, “Laird McGillicuddy Graeme Cairns”, intends to miss this year's deadline while cryogenically frozen.

“Lemurs don’t have any of the nasty habits that monkeys have”

Volunteer researcher tells of her weeks with the lemurs as part of the Madagascar Biodiversity and Biogeography Project.

“Traffic was thick inside the chimpanzee forest”

Maryland Zoo in Baltimore celebrates 130^th anniversary.

“We sit and cry and feel like some one has died in our family”

Indian village of Charai depopulates as government fails to address worsening monkey menace.

“the virus jumped from a chimpanzee to a human, probably in the 1930s”

Origins of HIV virus may have been found by researchers who dug into decades-old piles of chimpanzee feces in Cameroon.

“Moe is totally innocent”

St. James Davis, victim of chimpanzee attack a year ago, faces further surgery.

Per the UPI Almanac

March 4, birthday of Queen of the Chimps Jane Goodall.

“a special free-admission day March 12”

Baby golden lion tamarin twins to go on display at Delaware's Brandywine Zoo

“an allegation of murder against it”

Two monkeys caged in India without due process.

“be aware of possible threats from insurgent activity”

Visiting Rwanda to see the gorillas.

Goodbye, Kermit

35-year-old chimpanzee, one of nine transferred from Ohio State University, dies after being sedated during arrival at Primarily Primates in San Antonio.

“2162 cases were officially declared”

Mosquitoes prefer biting humans as Chikungunya* (Buggy Creek virus) epidemic in Mayotte* worsens.

“his studies of chimpanzee politics”

Recently-published primate-themed popular science books are reviewed. (Near as I can tell, we're to believe that chimpanzees are state-socialist noble savages with fur. Go go Gaugin!)

“to detect that tell-tale blush on someone else's rump”

Forget what you've been told about finding ripe fruit, your ancestors could hardly wait for fruit to ripen anyway. Color vision was beneficial in choosing a mate, says theoretical neurobiologist. Theoretically.

When you're in the market for a dogsbody, a human is your best choice

Children more helpful than chimpanzees, say studies.

“the monkey would fight dirty”

You're an animal guy, if a dog and a monkey got into a fight, who would win?
The monkey, easy

Mising link fixed.

“gunned down in the parking lot of a shopping center”

Warrants issued for two men in November killingshooting of primatologist Shelly Williams.

Update: Status of Shelly Williams corrected. I apologize for the mistake.

“He said monkeys had failed the government’s Universal Primary Education programme”

Over 180 monkeys killed in Ugandan bounty hunt.

Moral victory for tea-drinkers

Monkey-Picked Tea. One order of magnitude less disgusting than Kopi Luwak. Suggestions for a name for the unit of disgust solicited.

On the money!

Our ancestors were too apes.