Researchers Watched Chimp Teenagers for Years and the Behavior Looked Strangely Familiar ...

Chimpanzees are more likely to engage in play or groom each other if they see others performing these social behaviors first, researchers report. Chimpanzees are more likely to engage in play or groom ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos structure their social relationships in similar ways to humans, according to a new international study led by researchers from Utrecht University and Universidad Carlos III de ...

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Scientists have identified dozens of previously overlooked cultural behaviors in wild chimpanzees, suggesting that the great ...

The mango fly lays her eggs in your damp clothing. When they touch your skin they burrow in, and gestate into worms below the surface, swelling into infected lumps. Unchecked, they’ll grow for 2-3 ...

At some point in your life you might have seen animals groom each other. This is something very common in chimpanzees, for example. Thanks to decades of work by primatologist Dr. Richard Wrangham and ...

Bonobos (pictured) and chimpanzees are our closest relatives. A new study looks at how a community of bonobos behave when they encounter a different group of bonobos. It's markedly different from the ...