Doug was the leader of his chimpanzee group. He had quickly gained a reputation from human observers as a fair and tolerant ...

We all experience stress and conflict — whether it’s an argument with a friend, workplace tension, or competition for ...

“Bonobos and chimpanzees both live in very complex social structures with very rich social interactions that they have to ...

Young female chimpanzees make their nests earlier and more often than young male chimps, demonstrating their independence ...

Ena Onishi, a doctoral program student with the Kyoto University graduate school, was in charge of observing the chimps in the latest study. Over a period of 604 hours, Onishi and her colleagues ...

A rare and deliberate signal between a mother chimpanzee and her daughter raises new questions about ape communication, culture and the meaning of sharing a language ...

We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that ...

A study finds that young female chimps build nests earlier and more often than males, showing early independence.

Details of the life of a "beloved" chimpanzee who starred in a series of adverts for PG Tips tea has been revealed in a new ...

The story of the life of one of the PG Tips chimps has been told using analysis of her skeleton. Choppers was a Western Chimpanzee who starred in the popular 1970s PG Tips television adverts, and ...