Chimpanzees love their alcohol. Among our closest primate relatives, they frequently feast on fermented fruit in the wild. So ...

Little Foot’s face looks like it has been through a slow-motion car crash, because it has. For millions of years, rock ...

In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question ...

The study suggests that both humans and chimpanzees possess a “shared cognitive predisposition” for crystals. Whenever such a trait emerges as common between two related species, it’s likely that this ...

Scientists found that chimpanzees consume alcohol from naturally fermented fruit, offering new clues about animal diets and ...

The skull of the Australopithecus nicknamed 'Little Foot'. (Wits University/CC BY SA 4.0) Scientists have reconstructed the ...

The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like?

Mark Grabowski does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

You would expect apex predators to thrive at the top of the food chain, but even the most formidable hunters can struggle when food is scarce or injuries take their toll. In desperate moments, some of ...

Understanding biodiversity within species is key to our understanding of why nature works the way it does, say researchers ...

Common Chimpanzees are found in the tropical forests and wet savannas of Western and Central Africa. They once inhabited most of this region, but their habitat has been dramatically reduced in recent ...

Kanzi, whose name means "treasure" in Swahili, was born in 1980 and died in 2025 at the age of 44. His favorite food was onions and his favorite game was chase. (Great Ape Trust) The ability to ...