At the heart of conversation is turn-taking: the ability to coordinate interaction in time. This means alternating speaking ...

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

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

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

At the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage, one group of captive chimps has taken to dangling grass out of their ears, a trend ...

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

For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to ...

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

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

The discovery may explain why cutting edge CAR T-cell therapy has managed to revolutionized treatment for blood cancer but can struggle against solid tumors.