Chimp mothers take on the critical role of playmate with their young.
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When resources are tight, mothers bear the costs of playing with their offspring even as they avoid socializing with others.
Chimpanzees in their enclosure at the Los Angeles zoo in California.
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Zoo-based research can teach us about the needs of animals in our care.
A baby chimpanzee enjoys his food.
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Most of us have heard of the dangers of deforestation but there are other more subtle ways that human beings can endanger monkeys, apes and lemurs.
Cross-species transplants require us to examine the relationships between humans and animals.
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The heart used in the first pig-human transplant was infected with a pig virus. This reveals that using other species as organ donors may not provide a solution for organ shortages.
Chimpanzee female applying an insect to a wound on the face of an adult chimpanzee male
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How Rekambo chimpanzees demonstrate a number of ground breaking behaviours never seen before in animals.
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We studied 8,000 primate teeth and finally confirmed that humans are not the only living primate to suffer from cavities. But there are interesting differences.
Larry, a chimp formerly used in medical research, now resides at the Save the Chimps sanctuary which offers painting as an enrichment activity.
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Art such as the ‘Primal Expressions’ series created by chimpanzees continues to raise important questions about creative instincts in non-human animals.
New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman routinely tops 100 mph with his fastball.
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We’re the only species that can throw at speeds that kill.
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The strange journey of Ham the chimpanzee from a rainforest in Cameroon to the edge of space.
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To understand the barriers endangered species face when trying to traverse their habitat, it helps to think of their environment like an electrical circuit board.
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But with chimps now endangered, we risk losing their forest-rebuilding abilities.
A Western lowland gorilla in a zoo enclosure in Prague, Czech Republic.
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People can still learn a great deal about these mammals while keeping a safe distance.
Imitation is the sincerest form of being human?
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A quirk of psychology that affects the way people learn from others may have helped unlock the complicated technologies and rituals that human culture hinges on.
Chimpanzees forced to interact with humans can develop stress and other health problems.
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Shareable online images of chimpanzees, elephants and other animals are threatening their conservation and welfare.
Kila with her infant, Kitu.
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Attacks on chimpanzees are happening at an alarming rate, within and outside national parks.
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As a human evolution researcher, I was very excited to work with the creator of the Assassin’s Creed games.
Animal thought does not have the structure of human language.
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Can we really know what animals think? A philosopher argues that we can’t, not with any precision.
Even smaller primates like the squirrel monkey need far more room than any home can provide.
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The way of life primates have evolved to live cannot be replicated in a human home.
Chimpanzees are one of our closest relatives.
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Chimpanzees, like humans, possess working memory abilities. They’re able to perform similar to seven-year-old children.
Erwan Theleste
The discovery sheds light on how early humans evolved larger brains and the ability to eat meat.