Discover 25 'facts' that were debunked! From brain myths to historical inaccuracies, learn the surprising truths behind ...

From tool-using chimpanzees to puzzle-solving capuchins, the primate world is packed with surprising brainpower. But how do the planet’s cleverest monkeys and apes really compare with human intelligen ...

Chimpanzees at Uganda’s Ngamba Island Sanctuary can do what was once considered an exclusively human trait: form expectations on the basis of evidence, but revise them on learning new facts.

From dolphins to elephants, some animals show remarkable awareness of death. Discover7 species that appear to turn the death of family ...

Intelligent, tool-using, empathetic and self-aware: the distance between humans and other animals is not as great as you ...

One of the boozy chimps. Credit: Aleksey Maro/UC Berkeley Since you can’t exactly breathalyze a wild ape, Aleksey Maro, a UC Berkeley researcher, spent his days collecting chimpanzee urine from the ...

In an attempt to understand our own fascination with the shiny minerals, researchers gave some to chimps. A chimp named Toti attentively observes a quartz crystal at a rehabilitation facility in Spain ...

We all like crystals. But why? Image credits: Zdeněk Macháček. Whether it’s the mystical allure, the hidden geology, or the simple fact that they look cool, crystals have always fascinated us. This ...

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

A landmark 2025 census has confirmed 426 chimpanzees thriving in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The findings mark a major conservation milestone, highlighting the park’s vital role as a ...