After more recent exposés on the experience of chimpanzees in the southwest, it's worth looking back at the interview series ...

Is there anything more human than gathering in groups to share food and partake in a fermented beverage or two (or three, or….)? Researchers have caught wild chimpanzees on camera engaging in what ...

Ever wondered what it’s like to tickle an ape? Turns out, they bloody love it, and lose their minds laughing just like we do.

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

Prior research has shown that some chimpanzees have learned to use rocks to crack open nuts, allowing them to eat the insides. In this new effort, the researchers wondered if there are differing ...

Chimpanzees continue to learn and hone their skills well into adulthood, a capacity that might be essential for the evolution of complex and varied tool use, according to a study published May 7 in ...

New research suggests the fuzzy insects may be capable of spontaneously solving problems the way animals with much larger ...

As opposing armies headed along the dusty roads converging on Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Union Brigadier General John Buford recognized and seized the high ground. On the morning of July 1, his cavalry ...

A group of suddenly hairless chimpanzees in Germany left their zookeepers baffled — but they now worry they have been tearing each other’s hair off. The chimps’ muscular physiques make an alarming ...

Al and Kamaka, two old friends who are both in their 50s, are experiencing a whole new world. Part of what's novel: females. "Right off the bat, they were just enamored with the ladies in the group," ...

When ya gotta go, ya gotta go, and if it sometimes seems like the urge to pee seems more pressing when others nearby are letting loose—well, there’s now a bit of science to back that up. It turns out ...