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A chimpanzee eats a mango in a tree. National Geographic's JANE GOODALL: THE HOPE picks up where JANE (2017) left off, following Jane Goodall through three generations of advocacy work as she meets with everyone from schoolchildren in Zanzibar to Prince Harry and spreads a message of hope in a time of immense environmental change. (National Geographic/Bill Wallauer)

Life

Jane Goodall: We must protect chimps from being exposed to covid-19

Jane Goodall has tirelessly fought for a better world for humans and wildlife, and with covid-19 we must stay positive, she says

Culture

Peru

Life

Monkeys made their way from Africa to South America at least twice

News

Orangutans

Life

Orangutans and other great apes under threat from covid-19 pandemic

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chimpanzee puppet

Don't Miss: Craft power, killer brain cells and fostered chimps

Culture

Plectrocebus parecis monkey

Life

Monkeys hiding on a plateau in the Amazon turn out to be new species

News

Adult mountain gorilla

Health

How a Ugandan vet saved hundreds of gorillas by treating human disease

Regulars

Huge mysterious ape Gigantopithecus was a distant cousin of orangutans

Life

Huge mysterious ape Gigantopithecus was a distant cousin of orangutans

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Humans

Did apes first walk upright on two legs in Europe, not Africa?

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monkey using stone tool

Life

Some monkeys reuse their stone tools but others just chuck them away

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Baby apes

Life

Mystery of why humans walk upright may be explained by surprise fossil

We thought that walking on all fours like a gorilla is more primitive than walking on two legs as humans do. But new fossils suggest even very ancient apes walked upright

News

Life

Whales evolved large brains in the same way that we did

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Humans

We may have a basic form of sign language in common with chimpanzees

News

Life

Wild mountain gorillas enjoy playing in water just like we do

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Technology

AI facial recognition software now works for wild chimpanzees too

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