Chimpanzees and bonobos are closest living relatives, sharing over 98% DNA. They belong to the genus Pan. Though similar, ...

But these chimpanzees don’t limit their self-care to treating wounds. We recorded them freeing themselves from wire snares set by hunters, and cleaning their genitals with leaves after mating.

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 ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, as well as Rocky Vista University (U.S.), show that ...

Mr Trump cut USAID funds in January, saying that the organisation, which provides humanitarian aid abroad, is “not aligned ...

The idea of an animal that can count or do math might sound like something out of a viral news story or TikTok video. But a ...

The movie finds a way to address that.” Pavements ambitiously meets this dichotomy in three ways, all of them hilariously ...

Researchers show that even large silverback gorillas spend a substantial amount of time in trees Bwindi mountain gorillas in ...

Animal conservationists often move elephants between herds to improve biodiversity and group health, but what if the elephants don't speak the same language?

Apes include a rather broad range of simians (higher primates) from the Old World. Generally, if it’s not a monkey, people ...

Even the largest gorillas are arboreal: Contrary to traditional assumptions, arboreality in gorillas is not driven solely by the frequency of fruit eating or limited by their large body size, but ...

Rather than chasing grammar in animals, a more grounded approach asks what cognitive difference might explain the gap ...