Researchers found that male chimpanzees were more likely to direct attention and support toward their own offspring than ...

A new post from the Jane Goodall Institute is giving one chimpanzee his flowers years after his death. The photo tribute ...

Chimpanzees are more likely to engage in play or groom each other if they see others performing these social behaviors first, Georgia Sandars and colleagues at Durham University, U.K. report in a ...

Young chimpanzees learn their communication style from their mother and maternal relatives, but show little similarity to the communication behavior of their father and paternal relatives, according ...

AMES, Iowa – Shocking is one word Jill Pruetz uses to describe the behavior she witnessed after a chimp was killed at her research site in Fongoli, Senegal. The fact that chimps would kill a member of ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An experimental study of modern chimpanzees has documented patterns of ...

Chimpanzees and people already share much when it comes to our evolutionary history, and the latest research shows we have a similar appreciation for fairness as well.more A study published in the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Human's closest living relatives, Chimpanzees, primarily learn their ...

A young chimp hangs from a branch with its mother's hand nearby at the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project at Kibale National Park in Uganda. ANN ARBOR—If you've ever spent time with a toddler, you might be ...

When I talk about my time in the field, and how wonderful and fascinating chimpanzees are, one thing that often surprises people is that chimps eat meat. Listeners are truly shocked—"Wait what?" they ...