Wild chimpanzees across multiple African field sites regularly consume ethanol through ripe and fermented fruit, absorbing enough alcohol to register in their urine and potentially shedding light on ...

Last year, Maro and his colleagues estimated wild chimpanzees’ alcohol intake based on the amount of fermented fruit they eat each day and the ethanol content of their favorite snacks. With those ...

Scientists analyzed the urine of wild chimpanzees who'd feasted on fallen fruit to see how much alcohol they consumed from the fermented sugars.

Chimpanzees could be consuming the equivalent of a beer and half a day from eating alcoholic fruits, according to the first estimates of wild chimp alcohol intake. By virtue of their fruit-filled ...

Scientists learned that wild African chimpanzees consume alcohol by eating fermented fruit, suggesting that human attraction to alcohol may have ancient evolutionary origins.

Sept. 18 (UPI) --Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, found chimpanzees eating fermented fruit in their native habitats consume the equivalent of nearly two alcoholic drinks per day.

Male chimpanzees at the Taï National Park in Côte d’Ivoire are shown eating. A new study finds chimpanzees at this site have a predilection for fruits high in alcohol content. Photograph By Aleksey ...

Wild chimpanzees in the forests of Uganda and Côte d’Ivoire consume roughly two boozy beverages’ worth of overripe, fermented fruit a day, according to a new study. Chimps glug down 14 grams of ...

The first-ever measurements of the ethanol content of fruits available to chimpanzees in their native African habitat show that the animals could easily consume the equivalent of more than two ...

Chimps really are "drunken monkeys" - and actively seek out alcohol in their native habitat, suggests new research. Urine testing confirmed alcohol consumption among wild African chimpanzees with 17 ...