Ilia Ivanov was determined to find a way to hybridize humans and chimps, but the idea never should’ve made it beyond science ...

We were pleasantly surprised by how strong and seemingly natural the chimpanzees’ attraction to crystals was.” ...

What would a chimpanzee do if you handed it a glittering quartz crystal? Apparently, the same thing many of us would—hold ...

"If our results are correct, then we have had crystals on our minds for at least 7 million years." ...

Drumming and singing at the same time is impressive, whether you’re Karen Carpenter, Ringo Starr or a chimpanzee. Japanese ...

"The way they ‘studied' it there, turning it over to observe it from different angles, was amazing." ...

Each year on April 24, scientists, advocates, and policymakers around the world mark World Day for Laboratory Animals—a ...

The largest great ape cognition dataset combines 18 years of studies to reveal patterns in learning, memory, and intelligence ...

Understanding intelligence in the animal kingdom isn’t as simple as ranking species from most intelligent to least. There’s ...

Not surprisingly, weather conditions when the nests were being built and overnight were strongly related. The authors admit ...

A long-running conflict in a Ugandan park may provide clues to the origins of human warfare, and how to avoid it. By Carl Zimmer Since 1995, scientists have tracked a huge group of chimpanzees living ...