Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rescued chimpanzee named Missy eats watermelon during a daily bushwalk at the Chimpanzee Conservation Centre (CCC) on November ...

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

Edinburgh Zoo has welcomed Babsie, an Eastern chimpanzee, as the new member to its 13-strong chimpanzee troop.

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 ...

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 ...

Humans might like to think we've cornered the market on cleanliness, but a new study shows we're not as special as we thought, especially when it comes to personal hygiene. Researchers observing two ...

Babsie, an Eastern chimpanzee, arrived in Scotland in November from AAP Animal Advocacy and Protection in the Netherlands, ...

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 ...

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 ...