The relationship between children and their caregivers is crucial for emotional and social development, but does the same apply to our closest evolutionary relatives? A new international study suggests that it does, but with the difference that chimpanzees do...
After a long wait, a battle between protectionist groups and a legal dispute, the chimpanzee Toti is closer to freedom.
The animal has been in captivity for 33 years since birth. Since 2013, he has been confined at the private...
A group of Japanese researchers discovered that the urination behavior of chimpanzees follows a social pattern similar to human yawning, as they urinate through social contagion suggesting that it could strengthen bonds within the group.
Just like yawning in humans,...
