Chimps have been spotted sharing alcoholic food for the first time, hinting that ancient ape behaviors gave rise to social drinking in humans. Researchers filmed the boozing chimpanzees (Pan ...

A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has investigated why the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster drinks alcohol and has shown that alcohol has a direct and positive ...

Alcohol use disorder, which affects over 10% of Americans, can lead to persistent and serious insomnia. Difficulties falling asleep and staying asleep can last even after months of sobriety, ...

For 25 years, UC Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley has been intrigued by humans' love of alcohol. In 2014, he wrote a book proposing that our attraction to booze arose millions of years ago, when our ...

Since alcohol can sometimes reduce stress levels, the fruit may be encouraging social behavior in the chimps, according to a recent study Anna Bowland/Cantanhez Chimpanzee Project/University of Exeter ...

Some drinks that may look soft to the casual observer aren't. They may have fruit on the label but something much harder inside. Hall County Sheriff Jerry Watson described fruit-flavored alcoholic ...

Wild chimpanzees in the forests of Uganda and Côte d’Ivoire consume roughly two boozy beverages’ worth of overripe, fermented fruit a day, according to a new study. Chimps glug down 14 grams of ...

While most people think of fruit flies as an annoyance, we have a lot of reasons to be profoundly grateful for them. They have long been a crucial organism for scientific study, particularly with ...

Alcohol use disorder, which affects over 10% of Americans, can lead to persistent and serious insomnia. Difficulties falling asleep and staying asleep can last even after months of sobriety, ...