Chimpanzees can “catch” yawns from an android robot imitating human facial expressions, according to a new study that raises ...

Kiss the Chimp is the new name for what was formerly known as Cafe 502 in Sprowston Park & Ride. The owners revealed the plans in a social media post that read: "We are back better than ever! "Same ...

Chimpanzees drum rhythmically, suggesting the roots of human musicality may predate our species. New research by cognitive ...

Western chimpanzees typically drummed more often and faster, while eastern chimpanzees drum more slowly and start drumming later in their hooting. Hobaiter thinks these differences are shaped by ...

Distinct differences also emerged between subspecies: Western chimpanzees tended to produce more evenly timed beats, while eastern chimpanzees more frequently alternated between shorter and longer ...

For example, regular patrols are helping to deter poachers at a Fauna & Flora project site in South Sudan where camera traps have revealed the presence of eastern chimpanzees.

The observation of bonding behaviours in wild chimpanzees suggests that some aspects of human attachment have a deep evolutionary origin. Rolland et al. studied wild chimpanzees aged 0–10 years ...

Researchers observing two communities of eastern chimpanzees in Uganda’s Budongo Forest have discovered that chimps regularly wipe themselves after pooping using leaves. Sometimes they even help ...

That’s what a team of scientists found after analysing more than 370 recordings from 11 chimpanzee communities in six groups across Africa. Their findings, published this month in Current ...

ABSTRACT: The forests of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are among the most biodiverse in the world. They are home to many endangered and endemic species, such as the Grauer’s gorilla ...

After cutting through the noise, the team focused on 371 high-quality drumming bouts recorded from 11 chimpanzee communities across six populations living in both rainforest and savannah-woodland ...

Their results, publishing in the Cell Press journal Current Biology in May, show that eastern and western chimpanzees—two distinct subspecies—drum with distinguishable rhythms. The researchers ...