Apes
Chimpanzees Don’t Have Human Rights, According to Court
Last week a Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court declared that chimpanzees are not people, legally speaking. This does not bode well for the wider and active great ape rights movement.
How a Ragged Band of Chimpanzees Survives on the Edge of Human Civilization
As humans encroach, the battered chimps have turned to night raids on farms to find food to live.
Who Owns the Monkey Selfie?
A monkey took a selfie in the jungle, and now the camera's owner is trying to stake his claim over the majestic beast's glamor shot by taking legal action against Wikimedia for publishing the image in their public domain library. Does he have a case...
Dear Black People: Cut White Gays Some Slack
A recent editorial on TIME.com suggested that white gay men are stealing black culture. What the writer fails to understand is that much of modern black pop culture is stolen from gay people—specifically, everything about Beyonce.
The Lab Apes of Liberia
Monkey Island is an area inhabited solely by former lab-tested chimpanzees who survived disease and two civil wars.
Island of the Apes (Trailer)
In an upcoming documentary, our crew goes to Liberia to discover "Monkey Island," a place solely inhabited by former lab-tested chimpanzees.
Story of the Gun: Before the Dawn of the Apes (Year 10)
In this "Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes" short film directed by "thirty-two," we follow a shotgun through the hands of several ill-fated owners as the Simian Flu ravages the world around them.
Struggling to Survive: Before the Dawn of the Apes (Year 5)
In this Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes short film directed by Daniel Thron, the Simian Flu has all but wiped out humanity and an orphaned teenage girl survives by bartering things she has stolen from dead people's homes.
Spread of Simian Flu: Before the Dawn of the Apes (Year 1)
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes presents a series of short films inspired by the ten years between The Rise and The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. The first film, directed by Isaiah Secret, explores a viral outbreak known as the 'Simian Flu'.
This Footage Proves Humans Aren't the Only Sea-Worthy Primates
Monkey swim? Some apes do! So much for that Aquatic Ape theory.
How the Aquatic Ape Theory Keeps Floating On
A rumor gets halfway around the world, while the truth is still in peer review.
Raw Diets Keep Brains Small, Evolutionarily Speaking
Humans are able to consume nutrient-dense foods in a short amount of time, which means we have nutrition available to support larger brains. Why brains, specifically? Because brains require more energy than other body parts.