The San Francisco Zoo is soon saying goodbye to its three chimpanzees -- Twiggy, Gombus, and Michael -- as it plans to ...

Engelmann says that from the beginning of the Western intellectual tradition, people thought that only humans are rational.

Chimpanzees may be more like human thinkers than we ever imagined. A new study published in Science shows that chimpanzees can rationally change their beliefs when they receive new evidence—a mental ...

Chimps may revise their beliefs in surprisingly human-like ways. Experiments showed they switched choices when presented with stronger clues, demonstrating flexible reasoning. Computational modeling ...

If there was ever any doubt about the impact Jane Goodall had on the field of animal research, one Instagram video explains it all.

New research suggests chimpanzees can rethink their choices when new evidence emerges, a hallmark of human-like reasoning.

Chimpanzees are more likely to engage in play or groom each other if they see others performing these social behaviors first, researchers report. Chimpanzees are more likely to engage in play or groom ...

Many insects do produce antimicrobial or anti-inflammatory substances, so there is possibility they are medicinal.

ANIMALS respond to injury in many ways. So far, evidence for animals tending wounds with biologically active materials is rare. Yet, a recent study of an orangutan treating a wound with a medicinal ...

A new review of recent studies shows that chimpanzees use some of the same medicinal plants as humans. In Uganda, the great apes have been observed applying plants with known beneficial phytochemicals ...

A survey measuring the ethanol levels in fruits consumed by chimpanzees suggests that these animals are regularly exposed to alcohol. Researchers from the, Berkeley, conducted the first direct measure ...

Animals respond to injury in many ways. So far, evidence for animals tending wounds with biologically active materials is rare. Yet, a recent study of an orangutan treating a wound with a medicinal ...