Chimpanzees.

The art world is going bananas for a strange set of blurry photos. According to Metro UK, out-of-focus photographs taken by a chimpanzee named Mikki are about to go on the auction block, and they are expected to sell for some major cash. Mikki was trained to operate a camera after contemporary artists Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid took the primate from the Moscow Circus. The chimp can click using a Polaroid, an analog and an antique camera. Although Mikki can operate the basics of a camera, his photos show he isn't familiar with the ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 23, 2013 (AFP) - The National Institutes of Health, America's foremost medical research agency, said Wednesday it no longer would fund studies involving chimpanzees, as it prepares to revise its policies on using the primates. The NIH said it also plans to review all ongoing studies using chimpanzees, although such projects already are rare. Of the 94,000 NIH-funded projects in 2011, only 53 used the primates. "While used very selectively and in limited numbers for medical research, chimpanzees have served an ...

Humans aren't the only ones who cry "no fair." In a classic test of fairness called the ultimatum game, apes will dole out an equitable share of their bananas - and when they don't, their partners will complain, a new study shows. The findings, published today (Jan. 14) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that humans and chimpanzees may share an evolved sense of fairness common to many cooperative species, said lead study author Darby Proctor, a primatologist at Emory University. "If you're involved in some cooperative act you need to be sure you're engaging in something that's beneficial to you," Proctor told LiveScience. "Comparing your rewards with others' ...

Visits to the zoo offer us a chance to see wild animals up close, but what we don't always see is the true nature of these creatures. Living in exhibits, these animals aren't exposed to all the excitement and threats that the open world offers, but sometimes there is an occasional surprise. Recently at the St. Louis Zoo, a raccoon somehow wiggled its way into the chimpanzee enclosure. Without the wall of glass as protection, the raccoon saw firsthand the wilder side of these animals. The primates react to their vistor with the rough play they are genetically predisposed to. Aware this crowd may be too rough for him, the raccoon works on making a quick exit before things become too ...