New research on chimpanzees is forcing scientists to rethink where the line between human and animal minds really lies. In carefully designed experiments, chimps are not just grabbing at treats or ...

— -- Unseen by anyone else on a hike, a snake crosses your path. What would you do? Chimps, our closest animal cousins, emit soft hoots to warn their unaware friends about the unseen danger. But ...

This next story could not be introduced by a chimpanzee, unfortunately, but chimps do possess some of the building blocks of spoken language. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on two new studies that hint at ...

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps share 98.8% of their DNA. But is this actually true? And what does "similar ...

Different populations of chimpanzees showed varying behaviours - Copyright Handout/AFP Kathelijne Koops Different populations of chimpanzees showed varying behaviours ...

A similar disorganized attachment can occur in captive chimpanzees, particularly orphans who are raised by humans. A lack of a permanent caregiver can lead to this more fearful behavior. However, in ...

Onesmas Ainebyona tracks chimpanzees in a Ugandan rainforest. He has built trust with a chimp leader named Jean. It took Ainebyona four years to connect with Jean. The chimp now feels ...

Researchers have found two important building blocks of human speech in wild chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives. A pair of studies finds that chimp communication includes both rhythmic ...

The study of rhythmic structures, which appears in the journal Current Biology, analyzed the drumming patterns of chimps from the rainforests in East and West Africa. The trees in those rainforests ...