A recent study performed on chimpanzees demonstrates that chimpanzees possess cognitive flexibility similar to that of humans ...

In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question still lingers—was it worth it?

Along with memorial messages, the website is collecting donations to improve the breeding environment for 10 chimpanzees.

A stolen syringe, a risky injection, and a two-year time jump reveal how the virus truly escaped containment, and why Patient Zero was never part of the plan.

Apes share the human ability to imagine and pretend, suggests new research that included a series of tea party experiments.

Kyoto University's Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior has launched a memorial website for Ai, a chimpanzee known as a "genius " for her cognitive abilities, one month after she died ...

A surprising new study shows that baby chickens react the same way that humans do when tested for something called the "bouba ...

For a campier spin on horror, rent Johannes Roberts’ chimp slasher film Primate. You can also chase down Timothée Chalamet on ...

Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery stores. Now, a new study suggests that such make-believe play is not a ...

A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the ...

A bonobo demonstrated the ability to track imaginary objects in controlled tests, challenging the belief that imagination is uniquely human and hinting at deep evolutionary roots. In a set of ...

In a series of tea party-like experiments, Johns Hopkins University researchers demonstrate for the first time that apes can ...