The Primatech Project - A cognitive model of Chantek, a signing orangutan, for an installation at Zoo Atlanta.

Chimpanzee and Great Ape Language Resources - Includes links, online texts, and ape images. At the Anthropology Department, Brown University

Roger & Deborah Fouts: The Washoe Project - A pioneering language project with female chimpanzee Washoe.

The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute - This institute at Central Washington University cares for five chimpanzees who are being taught American Sign Language.

Koko the Gorilla - The Gorilla Foundation brings interspecies communication to the public through Koko, famous for her sign language skills.

Language in Child and Chimp? - General commentary on ape language with transcripts of chats with apes and interviews with ape language researchers.

ChimpanZoo - This Jane Goodall Institute sponsored program for research, enrichment and education, of and for captive chimpanzees, is in Arizona.

He Talks to the Animals - ABCnews.com feature about Roger Fouts of Project Washoe.

Language in Apes: How Much Do They Know and How Much Should We Teach Them - Introductory overview of ape language research, its history and its practice.

Primate Research Institute: Section of Language and Intelligence - Chimpanzee language research projects at Kyoto University. News, pictures and biographies of chimpanzee subjects as well as researchers.

Are Nonhuman Species Capable of Language Acquisition? - A discussion of the value and validity of ape language research.

A Voice for Koko the Gorilla - Koko the gorilla had a computer system that enabled her to 'talk' by pressing symbols. This page discusses the program and its development.

Non-Human Primates and Language - This project is part of a theoretical course on Syntax and Grammatical Theories taught by Prof. Dirk Geeraerts at K.U.Leuven.

The Case Against the Animal Mind - A article by Clive Wynne that argues evidence from the ape sign language studies demonstrates that our closest animal relatives do not have consciousness.

Primate Language - Sue and Duane Rumbaugh argue the documentation of elementary language competence in species other than humans has significant implications for the understanding of the brain. Article includes a history of ape sign language research.

Primate Use of Language - Lauren Kosseff suggests the acquisition of some aspects of language in primates may shed light on the development of language in early humans.

Chimpanzee Communication & Language-related Areas of the Brain - A report from the National Science Foundation discussing research into chimpanzee brain physiology and areas of the brain associated with language in humans.

Talking With Chimps - An article that describes why some researchers feel that chimps may be able to learn language.

An Internet Chat with Koko the Gorilla - Read the transcript of the chat which took place on April 27th, 1998. This event was the first ever live inter-species Internet chat.