LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - Thought to be dead, authorities found a chimp known for appearances in Hollywood movies alive in the basement of a home in Missouri. Tonka had starred in ...

An animal rights attorney argued Wednesday before a skeptical Third Department panel that a chimpanzee is an "autonomous, self-determining" being as deserving of habeas corpus protection as any human, ...

A Hanover County man is making a last-ditch effort to keep chimpanzees caged in his backyard while avoiding criminal charges for housing potentially dangerous animals. Curtis W. Shepperson has a ...

Tonia Haddix, a Missouri woman already convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice for hiding a chimpanzee and lying to federal authorities, is now back behind bars after investigators say they ...

The female chimp was subdued, but the male chimp was killed. July 13, 2012— -- Two powerful, adult chimpanzees escaped a Las Vegas backyard and rampaged through a neighborhood, leaping over ...