As a group of scientists from Panthera gathered around to watch trail camera footage from Gabon’s Batéké Plateau National Park, they were hoping to catch a few glimpses of lions and leopards, the main ...

Chimpanzees consistently choose crystals over ordinary rocks, suggesting a curiosity that may echo early humans.

Bonobos for years have had the reputation of being the cool hippies of the simian world, with a "make love, not war" ethos, ...

Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives, and this adds to the fascination of learning how they behave and interact with each other. We know that they, like humans, live in social groups and that ...

For decades, scientists believed that bonobos, one of our closest living relatives, were among the most peaceful primates.

Chimpanzees have a reputation for being aggressive, while bonobos are often seen as their peaceful counterparts. This ...

Learn how comparing aggression in chimpanzees and bonobos challenges the long-held belief that chimpanzees are the more violent of our closest ape relatives.

Chimpanzee experiments suggest early humans were likely fascinated by crystals because of their unique transparency and ...

Scientists learned that wild African chimpanzees consume alcohol by eating fermented fruit, suggesting that human attraction to alcohol may have ancient evolutionary origins.