For decades, scientists believed that bonobos, one of our closest living relatives, were among the most peaceful primates.

Chimpanzees consistently choose crystals over ordinary rocks, suggesting a curiosity that may echo early humans.

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 ...

Learn how comparing aggression in chimpanzees and bonobos challenges the long-held belief that chimpanzees are the more violent of our closest ape relatives.

Chimpanzees have a reputation for being aggressive, while bonobos are often seen as their peaceful counterparts. This ...

A chimpanzee might not walk into a bar, but these apes have a taste for alcohol. Specifically, they consume alcohol inside fermented fruits, from figs to star apples to local stone fruits. As these ...

Scientists learned that wild African chimpanzees consume alcohol by eating fermented fruit, suggesting that human attraction to alcohol may have ancient evolutionary origins.

Chimpanzees and people already share much when it comes to our evolutionary history, and the latest research shows we have a similar appreciation for fairness as well. A study published in the ...

The female endangered chimpanzee used a stick to investigate a trail camera in a Gabon national park. Gabon ANPN/Panthera/Gaboma Multimedia and Production In 2015, a photograph of a lone male lion in ...