Ainebyona and others involved in chimp conservation in this remote Ugandan rainforest say they aim for the kind of communion ...

Ainebyona and others involved in chimp conservation in this remote Ugandan rainforest say they aim for the kind of communion ...

Humans are far more monogamous than our primate cousins, but less so than beavers, a new study suggests. Researchers from the ...

A small brain region reacts strongly to chimp calls. This shows that our voice system links to older primate signals.

Animals are way smarter than we might actually imagine, be it chimpanzees making tools like mini engineers, parrots talking ...

If you've had an annual checkup recently, your doctor probably ran a blood test to look at things such as your cholesterol ...

Humans have a monogamy rating of 66% full siblings, ahead of meerkats (60%) but behind beavers (73%). Meanwhile, our ...

Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This ...

New research on chimpanzees is forcing scientists to rethink where the line between human and animal minds really lies. In ...

Few figures in history have done more to change our understanding of the natural world. We celebrate Jane Goodall’s remarkable life with rare images from the National Geographic archives.

What muscles feet have, how your brain controls them, and how humans evolved all play a part in why people can’t easily move ...

Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, ...