"Planet of the Apes" may have been onto something. Chimpanzees are steadily honing their tool-using skills -- a process unfolding over millennia, driven by the exchange of ideas through migrations ...

Many younger people know the pain of trying to teach an older person how to print a PDF or navigate the internet. But, of course, some people keep with the times and still learn how to use new tools ...

Chimpanzees perched in the lush forests of West Africa, cracking nuts with carefully selected stones, might not just be feeding themselves—they may also be revealing secrets about our ancient ...

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There is no doubt that a wide variety of nonhuman animals (animals) display different local cultural traditions. 1 Chimpanzees are no exception, and a recent essay published in Nature Human Behaviour ...

Picture a baby chimp clinging to its mother's back, wide eyes taking in everything around it. Just like human babies, these little ones start life completely helpless, relying on their mom for ...

Just like any self-respecting plumber has a tool for any occasion, chimpanzees in the Congo have developed specialized "tool kits" to help them forage for ants. That's the conclusion of new research ...

In 2011, “Think Out Loud” host Dave Miller interviewed Jane Goodall when she visited Oregon. We listen back to that conversation about her remarkable life and more than a half century of studying ...