Primatologists have documented and analyzed both previously reported and newly observed instances of self-directed and other-directed wound care, snare...
Digging wells to access or filter drinking water is a relatively rare behavior in the animal kingdom — only a handful of species have been documented...
According to a new study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, gestures of chimpanzees follow the same mathematical patterns — known...
A 20-year demographic study of a relatively undisturbed and exceptionally large community of eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Ngogo,...
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...
For the first time ever, an international team of primatologists has witnessed the spread of a new tool-use behavior in a wild population of chimpanzees.
Young...
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) select a certain type of wood to make their nests, says a team of biologists from the United States.
A male chimpanzee at...
New research on vocalizations of wild chimpanzees has demonstrated that their alarm calls have numerous hallmarks of intentional communication.
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