Tag Archive for 'Budongo forest'

Social grooming between two chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest, Uganda. Image credit: Elodie Freymann.

Medical Care and Hygiene among Chimpanzees Much More Widespread than Thought

May 14, 2025 by News Staff

Primatologists have documented and analyzed both previously reported and newly observed instances of self-directed and other-directed wound care, snare...

The bonobo (Pan paniscus). Image credit: Pierre Fidenci / CC BY-SA 2.5.

Study: Infants Use Same Gestures as Chimpanzees

Sep 13, 2018 by News Staff

Great apes of all species — human and non-human — communicate using a combination of different types of signals: vocalizations, gestures, facial...

Adult female chimp Nambi using a leaf-sponge at waterhole, watched by 10-year-old juvenile Karo. Image credit: C. Hobaiter.

Diet of Some Chimpanzees Includes Clay, Scientists Say

Jul 30, 2015 by News Staff

Wild chimpanzees of the Sonso community in the Budongo forest, Uganda, are increasingly eating clay to supplement the minerals in their diet, says a team...