“One of the main findings is that all chimpanzee kids are risky, and that infant and juvenile chimpanzees are even more risky ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Anthropology Professor Jill Pruetz long suspected that man-made changes influenced the aggressive behavior researchers have observed among chimpanzees. However, her ...

Chimpanzees show physical risk taking peaks in infancy, not adolescence, highlighting the powerful role of supervision in ...

The riskiest behavior in humans peaks in adolescence. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Animal researchers have known for some time that chimpanzees are very much like us. But a new study shows that just as we go to war sometimes to protect our territory and way of life, ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive explore aggression patterns, defensive techniques, and survival factors during a chimpanzee attack.

Psychologists from Durham University, UK, have observed the behavior of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether bonobos were more likely than chimpanzees to comfort others in distress. The study ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos are among the closest relatives of humans. They share more than 98% of our DNA. Yet, these primates ...

“Primate” is a horror movie focused on a pet chimpanzee named Ben that contracts rabies and goes on a gruesome killing spree.

Great apes share human-like social circles, but chimpanzees and bonobos differ in how selectively they maintain close social ...