Chimpanzees and bonobos are among the closest relatives of humans. They share more than 98% of our DNA. Yet, these primates ...

Bonobo chimpanzees are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos. … They still showed increased alertness ...

Great apes share human-like social circles, but chimpanzees and bonobos differ in how selectively they maintain close social bonds. A new international study led by researchers from Utrecht University ...

Bonobo evolution reveals bonding and group cohesion in response to threats, favoring paths to finding peace instead of ...

Ai, a renowned “genius” chimpanzee known for counting, recognising symbols, colours and painting, died aged 49 from old age ...

A groundbreaking ten-year study on the behavior of chimpanzees, reported in the journal Current Biology, reveals that humanity's closest living relative expresses a propensity for human-like warfare.

The riskiest behavior in humans peaks in adolescence. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison ...

Ai, a "genius" chimpanzee who could recognise more than 100 Chinese characters and the English alphabet, has died aged 49, ...

Chimpanzees show physical risk taking peaks in infancy, not adolescence, highlighting the powerful role of supervision in ...

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

A young chimp swings through the jungle canopy at the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project at Kibale National Park in Uganda. Image credit: Kevin Lee/Ngogo ...

These remote mountains in western Tanzania don't get the crowds of Gombe, which Jane Goodall made famous, or other sites in ...