Ainebyona and others involved in chimp conservation in this remote Ugandan rainforest say they aim for the kind of communion ...

The human capacity for rational thinking makes us unique among the animal kingdom, according to wise, old Aristotle. However, ...

A small brain region reacts strongly to chimp calls. This shows that our voice system links to older primate signals.

The brain doesn't just recognize the human voice. A study by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) shows that certain areas of our ...

New research on chimpanzees is forcing scientists to rethink where the line between human and animal minds really lies. In ...

Lucy the Chimpanzee’s story is an animal rights nightmare. As told in the new documentary Lucy the Human Chimp, psychologist Maurice Temerlin and his wife, Jane, bought the fuzzy primate from a ...

SEATTLE, May 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- For years, the public has been told that human beings and chimpanzees are, in genetic terms, only "1 percent" different. But according to Discovery Institute ...

As scientists have studied the chimpanzee, they’ve found more and more similarities between humans and their closest living relatives. But when it comes to the courts, chimps and humans couldn’t be ...

Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This ...

Humans are a bit like meerkats when it comes to pairing up, according to a study that examined the monogamous lifestyles of ...

(AP) - Chimpanzees in Michigan are not considered “persons” with human rights, according to the state’s Court of Appeals. That means the owners of the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Upper Peninsula will ...