Reporting from ATLANTA — An orangutan who communicated with researchers using sign language has died at an Atlanta zoo. Chantek was 39. On its website, Zoo Atlanta says Chantek died Monday. The cause ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Chantek, a male orangutan who was among the first apes to learn sign language, could clean his room and memorized the way to a fast-food restaurant, died on Monday at age 39, Zoo ...

An orangutan who was one of the first apes to learn sign language has died in Atlanta, Georgia, aged 39. Chantek lived with an anthropologist in Tennessee for about nine years and learned to clean his ...

Aug. 8 (UPI) --Chantek -- one of the first orangutans in the world to learn sign language, and who used it to communicate with zookeepers -- has died at the age of 39, officials announced. Among the ...

MIAMI (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE) - Chantek, a male orangutan that learned to communicate in sign language, has died at the age of 39, a US zoo announced. Veterinarians at Zoo Atlanta had been treating ...

Chantek, the beloved orangutan who was one of the first apes to learn sign language, has passed away at age 39. Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured ...

Chantek, a male orangutan who was among the first apes to learn sign language, could clean his room and memorized the way to a fast-food restaurant, died on Monday at age 39, Zoo Atlanta said. Chantek ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Zoo Atlanta photo shows Chantek the orangutan after the passing of the male orangutan who was among the first apes to learn sign ...

Reporting from ATLANTAReporting from ATLANTA — An orangutan who communicated with researchers using sign language has died at an Atlanta zoo. Chantek was 39. On its website, Zoo Atlanta says Chantek ...

Washington: Chantek, one of the first orangutans to use sign language to communicate with humans, has died at a zoo in the US, aged 39. Although the cause of death is not yet known, the Zoo Atlanta's ...