About 10:10 a.m. the Indianapolis Fire Department was dispatched to the zoo for an "animal bite" call. People visiting the zoo say a chimpanzee is loose.

A chimpanzee escaped its enclosure and was on the loose at the Indianapolis Zoo Friday, and guests are being asked to shelter in place, visitors told WTTV.

An escaped chimpanzee was safely captured at the Indianapolis Zoo without any injuries. The zoo reopened after a lockdown.

San Francisco Zoo is rehoming its last three chimps and pausing the chimp program to focus on orangutan conservation.

The Indianapolis Zoo went on lockdown Friday morning after a female chimpanzee "was seen outside her exhibit" and later ...

A chimpanzee that once had to be recaptured after escaping a zoo has died. Koko had been Whipsnade Zoo's oldest chimpanzee but had to be euthanised at the age of 52 after suffering from age-related ...

A chimpanzee that escaped its enclosure was recaptured on November 14, the Indianapolis Zoo said.“At approximately 10 am, a female chimpanzee was seen outside her exhibit,” the zoo said in a Facebook ...

HOUSTON, Texas (WPVI) -- The Houston Zoo was forced to evacuate its chimpanzee habitat Monday morning after one of the animals smashed an interior panel of glass. KTRK-TV reports, zookeepers rushed to ...

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SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) - Koko the chimpanzee, once a star in Skopje's zoo, has returned home after spending 10 years in the Netherlands recovering from depression, the zoo said. Koko was ...