Bonobo apes are very similar to the more widely recognized chimpanzees—a smaller species of ape native to the Congo region of ...

Back in the 1930s, a human baby aged just 10 months old was forced to grow-up alongside a chimpanzee, but the experiment had tragic results. Animal psychologists Winthrop Niles Kellogg and his ...

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Japanese researchers uncovered a surprising behavior among chimpanzees that may shed light ... including studying other ape species such as bonobos. Matthew Campbell, a psychologist at California ...

Language is often thought to be a uniquely human trait, but deep in the lush Kibale National Park in Uganda, a remarkable pair of chimpanzees are challenging that notion. Beryl, a chimpanzee ...

Yawning isn’t the only bodily function that’s contagious. Japanese scientists have discovered that chimpanzees are more likely to urinate when they see other primates going No. 1 as well ...

A new paper published in Current Biology suggests a novel twist on an old saying: Instead of "monkey see, monkey do," the paper proposes "chimp see, chimp pee." Well, not in so many words. But the ...

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Turns out, chimps aren’t just yawning together anymore. A new study shows they also have a “contagious urination” trend. Researchers found that when one chimp pees, others are more likely to ...

Japanese researchers say urination is contagious among chimpanzees. When one of the primates relieves itself, others in the group quickly follow suit. The pattern is consistent with other group ...

Some researchers have suggested that the gestures of other great apes — the primate family that includes chimps, bonobos, orangutans, gorillas and humans — are a fixed part of the species ...