In recent years, scientists have shown that chimpanzees favor certain peers by picking whom they prefer to groom and ...

Friendship, it turns out, may run deeper in chimpanzees than a simple preference for grooming partners. A new study from the University of California, Berkeley has found that chimpanzees steal less ...

Chimpanzee and bonobo mothers have been observed carrying their deceased infants on their backs for years. Why does this ...

Chimpanzee and bonobo mothers display a remarkable yet haunting behavior in the animal kingdom: they carry their deceased ...

In recent years, scientists have shown that chimpanzees favor certain peers by picking whom they prefer to groom and ...

Before Dian Fossey met her tragic fate, she came face to face with some of humankind’s closest nonhuman relatives.

Wild African elephants living in the Mount Elgon region of Kenya appear to seek out specific plants when unwell. Local ...

Researchers have developed a new method to study the developing human brain by growing human brain tissue inside the skulls ...

Humans could learn from chimpanzees and bonobos. When things get tense, these apes turn to group members for hugs, touches ...

Researchers identified eight plant species that sick elephants appear to seek out for a specific purpose, plus five used in ...

On a Wednesday in July, deep in a coastal restinga area of Brazil’s Paraná state, muffled footsteps broke through the ...

Jane Goodall was driven by the belief that people can make a meaningful environmental impact if they’re given a reason to ...