Like humans, chimpanzees drum with distinct rhythms – and two subspecies living on opposite sides of Africa have their own ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

In the entire animal kingdom, no name is as synonymous to a specific species as British primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall is to chimpanzees. Goodall, 78, is best known for her endless research on wild ...

Chimpanzees, like humans, move to higher elevations to gather information about rival groups in territorial conflicts to avoid risky confrontations, a study published in PLOS Biology has found.

One of the Indianapolis Zoo’s chimpanzees died unexpectedly Monday afternoon. According to a Facebook post from the zoo, the ...

"Alpha" is a position of enormous strength and importance for chimpanzees. Before the war and the split of the Ngogo chimpanzees into two groups, Jackson was alpha of everyone, more than 200 ...

If you've had an annual checkup recently, your doctor probably ran a blood test to look at things such as your cholesterol levels. Researchers are also interested in the levels of cholesterol and ...

We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that existed in the common ancestor of humans and apes six million years ago. Humans ...

BLUE RIDGE, Ga. — A Georgia animal nonprofit nestled in the mountains is holding a special medical event for one of its exotic residents at the end of January. Project Chimps, located in Blue Ridge, ...

When people talk to each other, their conversations usually include many fast twists. Humans do not naturally talk in Shakespearean soliloquies, but by regularly interrupting and wildly gesticulating.

“I would give anything that I have, possession-wise, for that child. I would give my life for him,” Tonia Haddix says in a trailer for HBO’s “Chimp Crazy” docuseries. She’s talking about Tonka, the 32 ...