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, ...

Bonobo evolution reveals bonding and group cohesion in response to threats, favoring paths to finding peace instead of aggression.

For years, anthropologists have watched wild chimpanzees "go ape" and attack each other in coordinated assaults. But until now, scientists were unsure whether interactions with humans had brought on ...

Chimps in the wild engage in deadly battles with rival troops to increase their reproductive success, suggests new research. The Ngogo chimps of Uganda’s Kibale National Park have long been known for ...

Jane Goodall, the renowned British primatologist who died on Wednesday, once drew a comparison of Donald Trump with chimpanzees, saying the US President is like an 'aggressive chimp'. Goodall, whose ...

Set against a deceptively idyllic Hawaiian backdrop, the film follows Lucy (Johnny Sequoyah), who returns to her family’s isolated cliffside home with her friends Kate (Victoria Wyant) and Nick ...

Nothing brings a group of primates together, humans included, quite like a threat from outside. Bonobos are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos, even during conflicts with ...

Despite being one of the most cooperative species on the planet, humans routinely fail to manage shared resources sustainably ...

Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives, and this adds to the fascination of learning how they behave and interact with each other. We know that they, like humans, live in social groups and that ...

Psychologists from Durham University, UK, have observed the behavior of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether bonobos were more likely than chimpanzees to comfort others in distress. The study ...