Scientist who studied chimpanzees spoke in Austin before her death earlier this month. She posed questions about what makes ...

Jane Goodall, the world's most famous primatologist, accomplished an astounding feat in her 91 years of life: She ...

Through her groundbreaking work with chimps in Africa, Goodall helped people understand that animals are sentient and ...

A case of whether seven chimpanzees, currently all at the DeYoung Family Zoo in Wallace, Mich., should be granted habeas ...

The new research showed that both chimpanzees and Neanderthals had larger, faster-growing faces, while modern humans have ...

Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or ...

Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist and conservationist, died this week at the age of 91. NPR's Scott Simon reflects ...

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Chimpanzees living in a sanctuary in Africa have developed a “fashion trend” for dangling blades of grass or sticks from their ear holes and their behinds, a new study shows. In 2010, researchers ...

Chimpanzees have protective genetic adaptations against malaria, according to a new study that could provide important insights into developing more effective malaria vaccines for humans. In the ...

CHICAGO -- 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, so do ...

Zoo Knoxville's chimpanzee, Lu, recovers after a landmark spinal surgery that removed a benign tumor, in collaboration ...