A new study has found that chimpanzees may be far from shy bathroomgoers. A team of researchers spent more than 600 hours studying 20 captive chimpanzees to determine that chimps may experience ...

The also analyzed which senses and tool-use tricks the chimpanzees used to detect ants inside the nests. A wild female chimpanzee, carrying her offspring on her front, transports a tool to eat ...

Are chimps in the wild more aggressive than chimps in captivity? Keep reading to learn more about chimpanzee society and behavior. Chimps in the wild live in large hierarchical communities led by a ...

A new paper published in Current Biology suggests a novel twist on an old saying: Instead of "monkey see, monkey do," the paper proposes "chimp see, chimp pee." Well, not in so many words. But the ...

monkey do” does indeed appear to hold true for these chimpanzees (even though they’re not technically monkeys). Even more intriguingly, each animal’s status in the social hierarchy seems to ...

Save the Chimps is an organization unlike any other. The world’s largest privately funded chimpanzee sanctuary, it’s home to over 200 rescued chimps on 150 acres (including five dedicated islands!) ...

Humans are known to invent private hand gestures. Chimps in the wild do, too, a new study suggests. By Brandon Keim Parents and their children, or people who know each other well, often share some ...