chimpanzee

The practice, which hasn’t been previously observed among nonhuman animals, may be a display of empathy. 

Kyoto University is shuttering its Primate Research Institute after its director was dismissed for misuse of funding.

Gardner famously claimed to have taught chimpanzees to communicate with people using American Sign Language by raising them as if they were human children.

The genomes of living animals are littered with DNA from long-gone relatives, providing a lens on evolution, past extinctions, and perhaps even solutions to agricultural problems.

A 12-year study shows variation among primate groups in how the animals clasp hands during grooming, but consistency within them, even as group membership shifts over time.

The newly discovered microbe seems to be responsible for a mysterious neurological disease that has killed dozens of critically endangered Western chimpanzees.

The skull changed shape in different ways than the brain during evolution, according to a new comparative study.

For primates, males’ fancier ornaments are linked with smaller testes, according to a new comparative study.

Researchers find differences in predatory behavior between a long-observed chimp tribe and a recently habituated one. 

Study suggests chimpanzees get by with a little help from their primate pals.

A new initiative in Germany aims to increase the public’s comfort with animal-based science; US government holds workshop on nonhuman primate research.

Do the portions of our genomes that set us apart from other animals hold the secret to human evolution?

Meet some of the people featured in the August 2016 issue of The Scientist.

Fast-evolving regions of the human genome differentiate our species from all other mammals.

A remaining challenge in the study of human accelerated regions (HARs) is establishing their specific functions during development and other biological processes.

A Louisiana research center is sending more than 200 chimpanzees to a sanctuary in Georgia.

Social interaction influences the chimpanzee microbiome, increasing the number of microbial species the primates share.

After losing out on “personhood” in a legal battle, two chimpanzees that were held at a university in New York return to a research center in Louisiana.

The remaining 50 animals from a waning research program at the National Institutes of Health will head to sanctuaries.