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

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

Modern humans continue to be drawn to crystals, sometimes attributing healing or spiritual powers to them. But this study, ...

Researchers say that while territorial disputes between animal groups are well known, wars within such groups are extremely ...

An unusually large troop of chimpanzees displayed cooperation and social cohesion for decades, until something shifted and ...

Chimpanzees that had once formed a cohesive community in Uganda split into factions and turned violent, according to a new ...

The Ngogo chimpanzees in Uganda have divided themselves into two main factions, and dozens of deaths have been recorded since ...

From her studies, Fiona concluded that the relative absence of creepy-crawlies was the biggest reason chimpanzees build nests ...

Mineral supplements, ape-style: A female chimp called Kana eats clay in the Budongo Forest of Uganda. Researchers observed chimps in the Budongo Forest of Uganda eating clay from clay pits and ...

Like with humans, it is not uncommon in the natural world for a group of animals to split apart and form their own independent groups. But what a new study in the journal Science depicts in the ...

By Keith Anthony Fabro A chimpanzee community in Uganda’s Kibale National Park that split into rival factions later attacked ...

(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 ...