Tag Archives : Chimpanzees

It was generally thought that apes acquire the infection but do not have the syndrome. A new study reveals that simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) bears the same results as when the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) develops into full-blown AIDS. A study published in the latest edition of the journal nature dismantles the theory that African primates [...]

When Sean Delonas got his cartoon published in the New York Times, he had no idea of the controversy he would generate. The picture depicting a policeman shooting a chimpanzee has been described as a racist reference to the half-black US president Obama and that it is a reference to the stimulus bill. Now, the author himself rejected the idea that it [...]