Have you ever seen a chimpanzee brushing its teeth? If not, a video going viral on social media might be your first glimpse!

The only chimpanzee fossils known to science have been unearthed in Kenya, the journal Nature reports. The three 545,000-year-old chimp teeth were dug up in the country's Tugen Hills and probably ...

A 24-year-old chimp in Japan has a genetic disorder similar to Down ... The disorder has stunted her growth, left her blind and resulted in a congenital heart disease and underdeveloped teeth.

Last week a few people wrote to me about a very interesting essay by Dr. Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen and his colleagues in Scientific Reports titled "Tool use for corpse cleaning in chimpanzees." It ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — The Saint Louis Zoo announced the death of a primate that has been a part of their chimp troop since 2018. Kijana, a 32-year-old chimp, died Wednesday after being ...

A stock photo shows a chimpanzee baring its teeth. A baby has been found dead after a chimpanzee in Uganda snatched it from its mother. Edwin_Butter/Getty "The child was recovered and ...

A novel observation of a female chimpanzee cleaning a corpse's teeth raises many fascinating questions. This discovery forces us to consider what other animals know about death.