Chimp Talk Debate: Is it Really Language? - Article by George Johnson in the New York Times in which he outlines varying views on ape communication. - http://www.santafe.edu/~johnson/articles.chimp.html
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. - http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych26/language.htm
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. - http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Articles/savagerumbaugh.html
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. - http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1175/6_32/56883557/print.jhtml
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. - http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/koudou-shinkei/shikou/index.html
Language in Child and Chimp? - General commentary on ape language with transcripts of chats with apes and interviews with ape language researchers. - http://pubpages.unh.edu/~jel/apelang.html
Koko the Gorilla - The Gorilla Foundation brings interspecies communication to the public through Koko, famous for her sign language skills. - http://www.koko.org/
The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute - This institute at Central Washington University cares for five chimpanzees who are being taught American Sign Language. - http://www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci/
The Primatech Project - A cognitive model of Chantek, a signing orangutan, for an installation at Zoo Atlanta. - http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/perception/projects/primatech/
Language Research Center - Primate research center studying language acquisition through work with bonobos and chimpanzees. Features a list of publications and ape biographies. - http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwlrc/