Lincoln Park Zoo

This Gorilla Watches Too Much YouTube, Has a Lot of Selfies Prompting Zookeepers to Create 'Buffer Zone' to Cut Down His Screen Time

Medicine & Technology Apr 19, 2022

A gorilla at a Chicago Zoo is reported to be addicted to smartphones and now zookeepers are reducing his screen time. Learn more about such behavior here.

Champion Foodies—Chimpanzees Will Make the Trek for a Delicious Meal

Mar 17, 2015

Though researchers have come to understand that in comparison to the human palette, chimpanzees may not be as refined, it appears that these clever relatives are foodies at heart. In fact, when it comes to a meal of grapes over veggies, chimpanzees will even go out of their way for the chance to dine on something sweeter than the norm. In a new study published this week in the journal PeerJ researchers at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo investigated the food preferences of chimpanzees in captivity only to find that the animals are clever enough to find a way of getting the goodies they prefer.