Researchers at the University of College London recently undertook a massive study to better understand chimps. The team analyzed data from fecal samples of 828 wild chimpanzees across 30 populations, ...

On Friday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that all chimpanzees are now protected under the Endangered Species Act. The shift means that chimps, both in the wild and held in ...

A seven-million-year-old skull found in Chad sits at the center of a long argument about human origins. The species, ...

A recent study on chimpanzees in Taï National Park in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, revealed that chimpanzees are losing traditions of male mating gestures. This coincides with declining chimpanzee ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Anthropology Professor Jill Pruetz long suspected that man-made changes influenced the aggressive behavior researchers have observed among chimpanzees. However, her ...

Juvenile bonobo embraces a distressed companion during post-conflict consolation. Psychologists from Durham University, UK, observed the behaviour of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether ...

Menopause has been observed in a population of wild chimpanzees for the first time, challenging long-held beliefs about the evolution of post-reproductive survival in humans. The discovery, published ...

Other than a few species of whale, humans are the only mammals that consistently demonstrate the unusual phenomenon of menopause. Most animals maintain their reproductive ability for the vast majority ...

SACRAMENTO - The Sacramento Zoo will no longer house chimpanzees, it says. A statement from the zoo on Saturday said their four chimpanzees would be moved to other much larger zoos that provide the ...