Tag Archive for 'West African chimpanzee'

This study was conducted on a colony of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) housed at the Kristiansand Zoo in Kristiansand, Norway. Image credit: Motes-Rodrigo et al, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215644.

Chimps Use Tools to Excavate Underground Food, Study Says

May 17, 2019 by News Staff

Naïve chimpanzees are able to spontaneously use tools in order to excavate underground food, according to a new study, published in the journal PLoS ONE....

Chimpanzees share food with their friends. Image credit: Liran Samuni, Tai Chimpanzee Project.

Study: Chimps Share Food with Friends

Oct 15, 2018 by News Staff

Why share when access to benefits is uncertain is crucial to our understanding of the evolution of cooperation in human societies. In a study published...

Adult male West African chimpanzee uses tree branch with modified end to stab into a cavity within a hollow tree branch that houses a Senegal bush baby he ultimately captures as his adolescent brother looks on. Image credit: J. D. Pruetz et al / Royal Society Open Science / BBC.

Female West African Chimpanzees Prefer Tool-Assisted Hunting

Apr 15, 2015 by News Staff

According to a team of scientists headed by Dr Jill Pruetz of Iowa State University, female West African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes ssp. verus) hunt...