Chimpanzees are some of the smartest creatures on Earth, sharing about 98% of their DNA with humans. Their brains work in ways that constantly surprise scientists, showing abilities we once thought ...

A recent study performed on chimpanzees demonstrates that chimpanzees possess cognitive flexibility similar to that of humans. When circumstances or evidence change, chimps appear to do the thing ...

Chimpanzees and people already share much when it comes to our evolutionary history, and the latest research shows we have a similar appreciation for fairness as well.more A study published in the ...

Once only pets for the wealthy, chimps achieved an exalted place in American popular culture 80 years ago, and the latest chapter of that love affair comes with the release of “Chimpanzee." A Disney ...

Aaron Sandel can pinpoint when it all started. The codirector of the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project had been observing a group of apes on June 24, 2015, in Uganda’s Kibale National Park, where the project ...