Researchers have found that wounds heal three times more slowly in humans than in other primates and rodents, suggesting we ...

Primatologists weigh in on the debate that has ignited the internet: Could 100 humans beat a single silverback gorilla in physical combat?

Imagine a quiet forest in Australia, sunlight filtering through eucalyptus leaves, and a sleepy koala munching away. Now, ...

The finding challenges long-held assumptions that bonobos are the more empathic ape and instead highlights the variation ...

Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas has spent years capturing Africa’s wildlife on camera. Interview by Bryony Cottam ...

Empathy Across Species. The study found that bonobos and chimpanzees console at similar rates, with greater variation within ...

New research shows bonobos and chimpanzees comfort others at similar rates, challenging old beliefs about ape empathy.

Chimpanzees comfort each other when in distress, despite typically being referred to as "violent" and "despotic" when ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos both comfort distressed group members in similar ways, a new study from Durham University reveals, challenging ...

Researchers have offered new insight into how our closest ape relatives - bonobos and chimpanzees – show empathy towards each other through ...