Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent study on chimpanzees in Taï National Park in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, revealed that chimpanzees are losing traditions ...

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 ...

Move over, fashion week — the hottest accessory of the season is a blade of grass shoved in your ear. Or, for the truly daring: your butt. Chimpanzees at a Zambian wildlife sanctuary are going viral — ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos are two closely related species of great apes and share much of their DNA with humans. Though they appear similar, they differ significantly in behavior, social structure, and ...

Scientists suspect that contagious urination, a behavior they observed among a troop of apes in Japan, may play an important role in primate social life. By Annie Roth Ena Onishi, a doctoral student ...