A world-famous sanctuary for orphaned chimpanzees in Sierra Leone has reopened to the public, ending a five-month closure in ...

Bala Amarasekaran has never felt like running his world-renowned sanctuary for orphaned chimpanzees in Sierra Leone was truly work, having come to his calling only after several unexpected twists of ...

Chimps are close genetic relatives to humans, with facial expressions, gestures, vocalizations. They live to 50 or more.

Esther and Rio, two orphaned baby chimpanzees, clung tenderly to their caregiver's chest at a sanctuary inside one of Sierra Leone's flagship national parks, where unprecedented deforestation and ...

There's nothing more touching to see than a new mom bonding with her newborn. Whether it's an adult or animal, mom instincts kick in immediately most of the time, and you can see and feel the love ...

The world is full of adorable baby animals -- tigers, polar bears, chimps, kittens, hedgehogs -- but walruses don't always necessarily fit into that category. They're fat, sort of slimy, terrible at ...