Chimpanzees may look like smaller, hairier versions of humans, but when a full-grown chimp decides to throw its weight around, the difference is stark. Their strength is not just a gym-rat talking ...

By John Cannon Chimpanzees appear to be the biggest daredevils when they’re infants. Humans tend to take more chances and put ...

A recent study performed on chimpanzees demonstrates that chimpanzees possess cognitive flexibility similar to that of humans. When circumstances or evidence change, chimps appear to do the thing ...

In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question ...

WILD chimps have a taste for alcohol and consume the equivalent of 2.5 drinks a day, shock new research has revealed. The discovery is the strongest evidence yet for a long-running theory on why ...

A groundbreaking ten-year study on the behavior of chimpanzees, reported in the journal Current Biology, reveals that humanity's closest living relative expresses a propensity for human-like warfare.

Human's closest living relatives, Chimpanzees, primarily learn their communicative patterns from their mothers and maternal relatives, according to a new study. Newsweek has reached out to the study's ...