A shriek broke the dawn on the savannah, followed by more screeches and the rustle of branches: The wild Fongoli chimps were ...

Chimpanzees show the capacity to revise their beliefs when presented with new evidence. You generally have reasons, good or bad, for your beliefs. You can reflect on those reasons: “Why do I think ...

BECCA MILFELDA shriek broke the dawn on the savannah, followed by more screeches and the rustle of branches: The wild Fongoli ...

Chimpanzees, like humans, move to higher elevations to gather information about rival groups in territorial conflicts to avoid risky confrontations, a study published in PLOS Biology has found.

Chimpanzees use a variant of the "scientific method" — discarding prior beliefs if convincing new evidence comes along to change their minds, new research suggests. When tasked with finding a tasty ...

"Alpha" is a position of enormous strength and importance for chimpanzees. Before the war and the split of the Ngogo chimpanzees into two groups, Jackson was alpha of everyone, more than 200 ...

Chimpanzees are known for their remarkable intelligence and use of tools, but could their cultures also evolve over time like human cultures? A new, multidisciplinary study suggests that some of their ...

Sanctuary offficial had to fire four rounds at the "hyped up" chimps. July 2, 2012 -- The South African chimp sanctuary where a Texas graduate student was mauled by two chimpanzees last week is safe ...

A chimpanzee eating figs at Ngogo in Uganda's Kibale National Park in 2018. UC Berkeley biologists measured the ethanol content of many types of fruit that chimps routinely consume and found that they ...

BLUE RIDGE, Ga. — A Georgia animal nonprofit nestled in the mountains is holding a special medical event for one of its exotic residents at the end of January. Project Chimps, located in Blue Ridge, ...

Adolescents are known for risky behavior , with teenagers in the U.S. more likely than younger children to die from injury. But what's responsible ...