Source: Ruben van Kuik, via Wikimedia Commons. How do scientists study the evolution of human culture and cognition? There aren’t any early hominins around—but there are chimpanzees, our closest ...

Mwelu is a 34-year-old chimp at Zoo Knoxville. He is now recovering after a groundbreaking surgery to remove a tumor.

Male chimpanzees at the Taï National Park in Côte d’Ivoire are shown eating. A new study finds chimpanzees at this site have a predilection for fruits high in alcohol content. Photograph By Aleksey ...

Jane Goodall, the legendary animal rights activist who was made famous for her work with chimpanzees, died from natural causes at age 91, the Jane Goodall Institute announced Wednesday. A ...

Primatologist and UN Messenger of Peace and Founder Jane Goodall, known for her ground-breaking studies involving chimpanzees for decades, has died aged 91 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium said goodbye to two longtime friends on Wednesday. According to the KC Zoo, the two animals who passed were 20-year-old male lion Shakarri and ...

British primatologist and anthropologist Dr. Jane Goodall, whose groundbreaking research led to a transformative understanding of chimpanzees in the wild, has died at age 91, according to the Jane ...

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 ...

The Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium is mourning the loss of two animals — a lion and chimpanzee —that recently died, the zoo said on social media. A 20-year-old male lion named Shakarri had been treated ...

Born in London in 1934, Goodall said her fascination with animals began around when she learned to crawl. In her book, “In the Shadow of Man,” she described an early memory of hiding in a henhouse ...

A new study on chimpanzees in Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire supports a theory that humans may have inherited a taste for alcohol from primate ancestors.