Bonobos for years have had the reputation of being the cool hippies of the simian world, with a "make love, not war" ethos, ...

In February 2023, a resident at Kyoto University's Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior—EHUB—treated ...

Chimpanzees are among the most intelligent animals on Earth - and also some of the most complex. They use tools, communicate, ...

Chimpanzee experiments suggest early humans were likely fascinated by crystals because of their unique transparency and ...

Larger, more tolerant chimpanzee groups manage shared resources more effectively and exhibit less aggressive competition than smaller, more competitive groups. Tolerance functions as a group-level ...

Chimpanzees consistently choose crystals over ordinary rocks, suggesting a curiosity that may echo early humans.

When people find out we study chimpanzees, they usually ask about their dark side. “You know chimpanzees kill each other, right?” or “Aren’t they the only animals besides humans that wage wars?” ...

A new scientific paper reports that chimpanzees “are capable of” producing sounds that mimic words they hear from people. It follows recent research revealing that chimpanzees can gesture to one ...

New findings from Uganda’s Ngogo Chimpanzee Project challenge long-held assumptions about primate behaviour and child ...

Gorillas may have greater self-awareness than scientists previously thought. A new study finds that gorillas perform just as well as chimpanzees in tests that require awareness of their own bodies. A ...

The L.A. Zoo is celebrating the arrival of two female chimpanzees born over the last several weeks. Their births mark the first chimpanzees born at the zoo in over a decade and guests may catch a ...