An adorable baby chimp, a loving family, and an
experiment that changed the lives of all it touched…

Project Nim, the brainchild of a Columbia University psychologist, was designed to refute Noam Chomsky’s claim that language is an... [More...]

Heartwarming stories and heartbreaking tragedies at an animal shelter are related in a "marvelously reported, richly anecdotal, and profoundly moving account of what goes on behind the scenes" ("Newsweek"). 9 photos.

Could an adorable chimpanzee raised from infancy by a human family bridge the gap between species—and change the way we think about the boundaries between the animal and human worlds? Here is the strange and moving account of an experiment intended to... [More...]

Hess delivers the heart-tugging true story of Nim, a baby chimpanzee whose human-like manners and behavior have made him a celebrity in 1973. Nims story is by turns moving, tragic, and hilarious, and has raised profound questions about what it means to be... [More...]