Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps ...

A study identifies a particular human-accelerated region, or HAR, of the human genome that promotes an advanced human trait ...

The human fascination with watching others—whether through reality TV, Instagram stories or overheard drama—is often dismissed as nosiness. To explore the origins of social curiosity, Laura Lewis, a ...

"Every single day we live, we make some sort of impact on the world," Goodall said. "Most of us can choose what sort of impact we make." ...

As scientists have studied the chimpanzee, they’ve found more and more similarities between humans and their closest living relatives. But when it comes to the courts, chimps and humans couldn’t be ...

Males and females share intelligence but use it differently, with males focusing on alliances and females on caregiving and ...

Did you know that bonobos actually use sex as a tool for conflict resolution? These peaceful creatures are less aggressive ...

Chimpanzees are some of the smartest animals on the planet. However, chimpanzees can be very aggressive as well. As they share 98% of human DNA, it is not surprising that chimpanzee teeth are almost ...

A group of chimps have been filmed sharing alcoholic breadfruit, in the first example of wild primates having a booze-up on camera (well, sort of). Researchers got hold of the fruit they were eating ...

Different populations of chimpanzees showed varying behaviours - Copyright Handout/AFP Kathelijne Koops Different populations of chimpanzees showed varying behaviours ...

In rural St. Lucie County, a sanctuary known as "Save the Chimps" is providing a haven for over 200 chimpanzees.