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.

When chimpanzees attack, they’re vicious, going for the victim’s face, hands and genitals. Today we’re going to show you three terrifying accounts of people who experienced a chimpanzee’s rage and ...

It took 30 minutes from the time of the attack to get Oberle into an ambulance. July 1, 2012— -- A Texas graduate student was standing in a restricted area for which he did not have clearance ...

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 ...

Residents of Hoima City have raised concern over acute water shortages caused by frequent chimpanzee incursions into their main water sources, a situation they say has exposed communities--especially ...

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 ...

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, ...

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps share 98.8% of their DNA. But is this actually true? And what does "similar ...