"Can a chimpanzee really understand humans? Not really," he said. "We just seem like strange aliens. They mostly just care about other chimpanzees. And this will be how it is, more or less." ...

Humans are not the only species to combine concepts to build more complex meaning, a new study found. Bonobo chimpanzees ...

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In fact, for many animals and birds, sex can play a comparable social role to what it plays in humans. As we saw in this research into the chimps at the Chimfunshi sanctuary in north-western ...

Humans have transmitted Covid-19 to "a panoply of species", but chimpanzees and gorillas, so biologically similar to humans, are particularly at risk. From our morning news briefing to a weekly ...

As I ambled under the catwalks, the chimps going into various laboratories for the morning’s experiments spit on me repeatedly—the standard greeting offered to unfamiliar humans. The lab rooms ...

Chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives, sharing more than 98% of our DNA. They are endangered, with fewer than 250,000 left and an annual decline of between 1.5% and 6%. This is due to ...