Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives, sharing over 98% of their DNA with humans, and the scientists say that their findings, ... "As chimpanzees are facing threats across their range, ...

Though chimp communities—which range from Uganda’s tropical rainforests to Tanzania’s savanna woodlands—are diverse, with their own quirks and behaviors, they all share the same foundation ...

Chimps have genetically adapted to thrive in their natural habitats and avoid deadly malaria, according to a new study. The primates are our closest living relatives, sharing more than 98% of ...

“As chimpanzees are facing threats across their range, including environmental changes to the climate and displacement due to human pressures, it is important that their genetic diversity is ...

Chimpanzees seen self-medicating with healing plants when sick or injured. The chimps sought out unappetizing plants with medicinal but little nutritional value, scientists said.

A baby has been found dead after a chimpanzee in Uganda snatched it from its mother. The two-month-old girl, named Aroho Ahumuza, had been in the arms of her mother in the town of Kagadi in ...

Wild chimpanzees were observed sharing an object with one another just for the sake of sharing that experience, a trait once believed to be only found in humans, according to a new study.

Chimpanzees have long been observed using various stone tools.Biologists and anthropologists view tool usage as a key indicator of brain and cognitive development in animal species. Oldowan ...

On others the scientists search for them for hours, winding through the Ngogo chimpanzee community’s home range of 35 square kilometers (an area more than half the size of Manhattan) ...

Several plants eaten by chimpanzees when they are ill or wounded have been found to have medicinal effects, providing some of the strongest evidence yet that our close relatives practise self ...

Chimpanzees bear genetic adaptations that help them thrive in their different forest and savannah habitats, some of which may protect against malaria, according to a study by an international team.