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 ...

Captive chimpanzees have started dangling grass out of their ears and butts in an unusual fad-like "trend," a new study finds. The chimps (Pan troglodytes) insert a blade of grass or stick into their ...

If she were a chimp, Mrs. Robinson still would have brought Benjamin Braddock to his knees, researchers say. A team of researchers led by Boston University anthropology professor Martin Muller is ...

AMES, Iowa – Shocking is one word Jill Pruetz uses to describe the behavior she witnessed after a chimp was killed at her research site in Fongoli, Senegal. The fact that chimps would kill a member of ...

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 ...

Dr. Jane Goodall's pioneering research into the behavior of chimpanzees sparked a wave of interest in conservation and ...

While watching a group of captive chimpanzees for her graduate research, Ena Onishi noticed something odd about the primates. "They seemed to have a tendency to urinate around the same time," said ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos are often thought to reflect two different sides of human nature -- the conflict-ready chimpanzee versus the peaceful bonobo -- but a new study shows that, within their own ...

As the world mourns Jane Goodall, the pioneering chimpanzee scientist and campaigner who died last week aged 91, it's worth ...