NAGOYA, Japan - About six months after the death of Ai -- a female chimpanzee celebrated as a "genius" for her ability to ...

Our closest animal relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees, share a quick hug or a pat on the back before having their meal, to ...

Physical touch may be an important evolutionary tool to help manage social tension and keep the peace. That is according to a ...

This behavior is further evidence of chimpanzees' deep interaction with their environment," added Morgan "On a daily and ...

Around midnight on June 12, a pair of chimpanzee siblings arrived safely at Chattanooga Zoo after traveling from their home ...

If it weren't for Sultan and his primate clan, the study of animal behavior would have taken a very different path. Sultan, a ...

Researchers now have compared laughter in humans to laughter in the various great apes - chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and ...

A University of Auckland scientist has uncovered the fates of chimpanzees who starred in seminal psychological studies of the ...

The summer box office is getting two of the year’s biggest films this month thanks to Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” and “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” But the streamers are also rolling out some ...

We have changed from wanting animals to understand human language to wanting to understand how they communicate with each ...

WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) - There are many kinds of laughter. People may guffaw at a joke. They may giggle nervously in an uncomfortable situation. They may chuckle with mild amusement. They may ...