Chimpanzees are losing their homes, but it’s not too late. World chimpanzee day shows us why they matter and how we can help.

Chimpanzees at a sanctuary in Zambia have been found to have developed the “seemingly pointless” behavior of dangling blades ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

The more we try to understand chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives, the more we find ourselves humbled by the richness ...

Chimpanzees adopt pointless fads, just like humans, researchers have found. The animals were seen wearing grass and sticks in ...

Human testicles are much smaller, in proportion, to some of our primate cousins. Evolution can tell us why. But the size of ...

Here’s what muscle fibres, motor control, and a bit of adrenaline say about our place in the strength hierarchy ...

It may seem unusual to think of chimpanzees as doctors, but they more closely resemble human healers than you may expect.