While laughing seems uniquely human, it is not. Researchers now have compared laughter in humans to laughter in the various ...

Goodall explained in the video that it was "magical… just how like us they are." She later points to the ways the chimps communicated without language: "Of course, they can't sp ...

A new Science Advances study suggests the Flores "hobbits" were scavengers, not hunters, reshaping scientists' understanding ...

The illicit great ape trade operates within the same forces destabilizing chimpanzee habitats: armed conflict, extractive ...

Wild chimpanzees in Africa have been observed beating out rhythms on trees using their hands and feet. They drum on the large roots (‘buttresses’) that spread out from a tree's base, creating deep, ...

A new study suggests humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways dating back 15 million years. Many other ...

British primatologist and environmental icon Jane Goodall has died of natural causes in California at the age of 91. She turned zoology on its head with her observations in Tanzania's Gombe National ...

Intelligence comes in many forms, and some animals possess abilities that rival our own in surprising ways. Chimpanzees use ...

Have you ever watched an animal do something so familiar that it made you stop and stare? Maybe it was a dog looking guilty ...

Insects join list of species capable of solving simple ‘box-and-banana’ problem that demonstrates basic intelligence ...

The Jane Goodall Institute worked with AWS to identify AI use cases. They're digitizing decades of research and preserving Goodall's contributions.