Videos of chimpanzees sharing alcoholic fruit suggest that this behavior could have led to feasting in humans, a new study finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

In 2014, University of California, Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley wrote a book called The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol. His controversial “drunken monkey hypothesis” proposed that ...

Chimp Haven, the world's largest chimpanzee sanctuary, is opening its doors for a rare event, on April 12, where visitors can ...

When Aristotle claimed that humans differ from other animals because they have the ability to be rational, he understood rational to mean that we could form our views and beliefs based on evidence, ...

Chimps' ability to metabolize fermented fruit could explain our own predilection for alcohol. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK, Uganda -- The man tracking chimpanzee movements in a rainforest is required to follow the primates wherever they go — except up in the trees. Onesmas Ainebyona stalks the chimps ...

When I talk about my time in the field, and how wonderful and fascinating chimpanzees are, one thing that often surprises people is that chimps eat meat. Listeners are truly shocked—"Wait what?" they ...

Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical aid to other chimps and even removing others from snares left by human hunters, new research suggests.

Behind the scenes at a Chicago zoo, chimpanzees who spent years entertaining humans are learning to befriend their own kind. Behind the scenes at a Chicago zoo, chimpanzees who spent years ...

Twenty-five years after the film's release, the chimps from "MVP" feel the lingering effects of a life in show business. Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Tim DiFrisco / Getty, Tom Pidgeon / Getty ...

Researchers have found two important building blocks of human speech in wild chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives. A pair of studies finds that chimp communication includes both rhythmic ...

Two new studies hint at the evolutionary roots of human language. The studies found that chimps use rhythmic structures and complex call combinations to communicate. This next story could not be ...