“One of the main findings is that all chimpanzee kids are risky, and that infant and juvenile chimpanzees are even more risky ...

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

Researchers at the University of College London recently undertook a massive study to better understand chimps. The team analyzed data from fecal samples of 828 wild chimpanzees across 30 populations, ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos are among the closest living relatives of humans. They share more than 98% of our DNA, highlighting ...

Great apes share human-like social circles, but chimpanzees and bonobos differ in how selectively they maintain close social ...

Psychologists from Durham University, UK, have observed the behavior of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether bonobos were more likely than chimpanzees to comfort others in distress. The study ...

Bonobo chimpanzees are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos. … They still showed increased alertness ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Anthropology Professor Jill Pruetz long suspected that man-made changes influenced the aggressive behavior researchers have observed among chimpanzees. However, her ...

“Primate” is a horror movie focused on a pet chimpanzee named Ben that contracts rabies and goes on a gruesome killing spree.

Human brains do something peculiar when a chimpanzee screams or hoots. Instead of treating those sounds as generic animal ...

Juvenile bonobo embraces a distressed companion during post-conflict consolation. Psychologists from Durham University, UK, observed the behaviour of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether ...