In an exciting first that highlights a mysterious aspect of human technological evolution, chimpanzees impressively engineer tools to fish for termites in Tanzania. For chimpanzees, termites might be ...

A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Dr. Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, Research Affiliate at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, has discovered that ...

Jane Goodall, the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) confirmed in a statement on Wednesday (Oct. 1). Goodall died of natural causes in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The animal kingdom is chock full of nutcrackers and that skill can ...

Wild chimpanzees show reduced participation and performance in their tool-use behaviours as they experience old age, according to long-term video observations. The study, published today in eLife, ...