It may seem unusual to think of chimpanzees as doctors, but they more closely resemble human healers than you may expect.

Ever find yourself people-watching in a cafe, or tuning into reality TV just to see who's arguing with who? You're not ...

A common cold virus that only causes sniffles in humans could be lethal to chimpanzees. But for the most part, Ngogo chimpanzees have been spared these modern assaults.

Not to be outdone by Ronan the beat-keeping sea lion or woodpeckers in the forest, some chimpanzees are also able to keep a beat and use regular spacing between drum hits. Over 300 observations of ...

Bonobos and chimpanzees are the species most closely related to humans in evolutionary history, which means all three species could have evolved from a common ancestor with this ability, a theory ...

A new study shows that both chimpanzees and young children are drawn to watching social interactions—sometimes even at a cost ...

Chimpanzees Take Turns in Fast-Paced Conversations, Just Like Humans Do A new study finds the average chimpanzee response time in gestured conversations is 120 milliseconds, which isn’t that far ...

The only chimpanzee fossils known to science have been unearthed in Kenya, the journal Nature reports. The three 545,000-year-old chimp teeth were dug up in the country's Tugen Hills and probably ...

We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that existed in the common ancestor of humans and apes six million years ago.

“What you have to remember is that for chimpanzees, 60 to 85 percent of their diet is fruit. So if all the fruit contains even small amounts of alcohol, it might turn out to be significant ...

Eric Goode, the filmmaker who gave us 2020’s “Tiger King,” is behind “Chimp Crazy.”Although he’s been documenting exotic animal keepers for many years, his “Tiger King” notoriety ...