A rescued chimpanzee named Missy eats watermelon during a daily bushwalk at the Chimpanzee Conservation Centre (CCC) on November 26, 2015 in Somoria, Guinea. The CCC is a sanctuary and a ...

New research from a team of cognitive scientists and evolutionary biologists finds that chimpanzees drum rhythmically, using regular spacing between drum hits. Their results, publishing in the Cell ...

In chimpanzee communities, strong social ties can be a matter of life and death not just for the adults who form them, but for their kids, too. A new study of wild eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes ...

Different chimp troops drum with "distinct" rhythms, reveals new research. The primates use regular spacing between beats, according to the study. The "exciting" findings suggest that the ability to ...

The future of chimpanzees depends on smart conservation strategies and that requires data, lots of data. Ecologist Adrienne Chitayat conducted research on chimpanzees in Tanzania and is the first to ...

Urban expansion and hunting have pushed chimpanzees, humanity's closest relative in the animal kingdom, into shrinking islets of wildness, top experts said Tuesday after a three-day meeting in Germany ...

Out west, they groove with fast, evenly spaced beats. In the east, it's more free-form and fluid. Like humans, chimpanzees drum rhythmically -- and two subspecies living on opposite sides of Africa ...