The riskiest behavior in humans peaks in adolescence. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison University expected to find risky behavior to peak in adolescence in a study of ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive examine chimpanzee attack behavior, defense strategies, and survival techniques in the wild. Alex Pretti spotted on camera moments before fatal shooting in ...

Chimpanzees living in a sanctuary in Africa have developed a “fashion trend” for dangling blades of grass or sticks from their ear holes and their behinds, a new study shows. In 2010, researchers ...

Chimpanzees are among the most intelligent primates, but that intelligence is paired with extreme physical strength and aggression. Documented attacks show that they can inflict severe and sometimes ...

Chimpanzees are one of our closest relatives and their lives are in peril because of human intrusions into their homes and lives. A new book edited by chimpanzee experts Drs. Lydia Hopper, Assistant ...

A video showing a chimpanzee smoking a cigarette at a zoo in southern China has spread rapidly online, raising concerns about animal welfare and visitor behavior. The footage, captured at Nanning Zoo ...

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Primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall, PhD, who died earlier this month at the age of 91, forever changed how we understand the natural world. In 1960, at what is now Gombe National Park in ...