On Tuesday, scientists in the United States and Spain said the human hand may be more primitive than that of our closest living cousin, the chimpanzee. In fact, human hands are likely more similar to ...

Travis, the chimpanzee who was adopted by a Connecticut couple when he was just three days old, savagely attacked family ...

Travis the chimpanzee was a beloved pet - but one day he savagely attacked his owner's friend Charla Nash, leaving her with ...

Travis the chimp was a beloved member of the Herold family in Connecticut, USA, after he was adopted by Sandra and Jerome ...

Chimpanzees in West Africa hold onto trees with their hands while kicking against roots with their feet, emitting powerful sounds that travel long distances, sometimes over a half mile. “ ...

Chimpanzee Travis had lived with Sandra Herold for 14 years - but one day he snapped and attacked her friend Charla Nash in a ...

A study in Uganda shows how often chimps use medicinal plants and other forms of health care — and what that says about the roots of human medicine.

Monkeys are highly intelligent mammals, found in diverse habitats across the world, from the jungles of South America to the ...

Brendan Barrett/Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Howler monkeys, on the other hand, are “the cows of the trees,” said Meg Crofoot, also an anthropologist at the Max Planck Institute and ...

Musicality may have emerged in a common ancestor of chimps and humans, as both species share similarities in how they drum. They use their hands and feet to produce rapid-fire drumming, often on ...