Big Monkey Talk

Reference: About Simians

In That Tucked Tail, Real Pangs of Regret?
"Your dog may not share Hamlet’s dithering melancholia, but he might have something in common with Woody Allen."
Jun 1, 2009

Orangutan short-circuits lock, escapes
The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
May 11, 2009

Gorilla mums keep family in check
Matt Walker, Editor, Earth News, BBC. Female gorillas clap their hands to get the attention of male silverbacks and infants.
May 8, 2009

Humanity Even for Nonhumans
Nicholas Kristof: ...Spain is moving to grant basic legal rights to apes. In the United States, law schools are offering courses on animal rights, fast-food restaurants including Burger King are working with animal rights groups to ease the plight of hogs and chickens in factory farms and the Humane Society of the United States is preparing to push new legislation to extend the California protections to other states.....
Apr 9, 2009

Whistling orangutan surprises zoo
BBC News (video)
Feb 26, 2009

The Talking Ape
A science teacher's blog about sciencey things
Jan 19, 2009

Do Chimpanzees have Language: What do "Talking Apes" Tell Us?
Comments by Dr. Laura Ann Petitto: Professor, Director, and Senior Scientist of the "Genes, Mind & fNIRS Brain Imaging Laboratory for Language, Bilingualism, and Child Development," The University of Toronto Scarborough and The University of Toronto.
Jan 1, 2009

Hello, How Are You Doing?
Groundbreaking Research Has Scientists Talking With Apes
John Berman, ABC News
May 29, 2007

A Voluble Visit with Two Talking Apes
Jon Hamilton, NPR Weekend Edition (includes audio). Two bonobo chimpanzees in Iowa are changing how scientists think about the nature of human language.
Jul 8, 2006

Gigantic Apes Coexisted with Early Humans, Study Finds
Bjorn Carey, Staff Writer, LiveScience
Nov 7, 2005

Who's That Strange Monkey in the Mirror?
Jul 26, 2005

Monkey vocal ability investigated
Diana monkeys' vocal tracts may shed light on primate evolution Diana monkeys possess a complex vocal tract whose shape can be adjusted to articulate sophisticated sounds - just as humans do, scientists report.
Dec 20, 2004

Planet of the Apes (1968)

Grande Singerie, Château de Chantilly, France
World Monument Fund. See a panorama.

Drink recipe: Talking Monkey

Koko.org
The Gorilla Foundation. These things really are endangered.

Talk Origins
A brief guide to why our thumbs work (etc.)

The Center for Great Apes
A permanent sanctuary in a safe and enriching environment for orangutans and chimpanzees in need of lifetime care.

La Grande Singerie du Château de Chantilly
video [3 min. 33 sec.] (in French)