CHICAGO (WLS) -- Animal researchers have known for some time that chimpanzees are very much like us. But a new study shows that just as we go to war sometimes to protect our territory and way of life, ...

A groundbreaking ten-year study on the behavior of chimpanzees, reported in the journal Current Biology, reveals that humanity's closest living relative expresses a propensity for human-like warfare.

We have recently read a lot about the remarkable life's work of the great chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall, who passed away on 1 October 2025. We learned that the Kenyan archaeologist and ...

Chimpanzees in Michigan are not considered "persons" with human rights, according to the state's Court of Appeals. That means the owners of the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Upper Peninsula will not need ...

Chimpanzees may think much more like humans than previously believed, according to new research published in Science. The study provides evidence that chimpanzees can rationally revise their beliefs ...

The brain doesn't just recognize the human voice. A study by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) shows that certain areas of our auditory cortex respond specifically to the vocalizations of chimpanzees, ...

Humans don’t just recognize each other’s voices—our brains also light up for the calls of chimpanzees, hinting at ancient communication roots shared with our closest primate relatives. Researchers ...

Two chimpanzees sit in the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Uganda, where the study took place. Merryjack via Flickr under CC BY-SA 4.0 Whether you realize it or not, you spend a large chunk of ...

Human communication is a complex weave of words and gestures — a mix of vocal and visual signals. "People use vocal and visual communication in a very rich and combined way," says Joseph Mine, a ...