Walking through the savanna-woodland landscape of Boé National Park, Guinea-Bissau, you might encounter a tree covered in ...

Scientists have identified dozens of previously overlooked cultural behaviors in wild chimpanzees, suggesting that the great ...

A new study from Uganda shows that chimpanzee culture and learning are much more complex than scientists once believed.

Wild chimpanzees in Uganda split into two separate communities and later engaged in deadly attacks against each other.

Great apes appear to build friendships much like humans do. By studying grooming behavior, researchers discovered that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent study on chimpanzees in Taï National Park in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, revealed that chimpanzees are losing traditions ...

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 ...

Deep in the forests of Guinea-Bissau, a camera trap captured something primatologists had never formally documented in wild, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chimpanzee eating grass, with inset of two chimpanzees interacting. Move over, fashion week — the hottest accessory of the season ...

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 ...

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 ...