Wild chimpanzees across multiple African field sites regularly consume ethanol through ripe and fermented fruit, absorbing enough alcohol to register in their urine and potentially shedding light on ...

Scientists analyzed the urine of wild chimpanzees who'd feasted on fallen fruit to see how much alcohol they consumed from the fermented sugars.

Doctoral student Aleksey Maro and his adviser Professor Robert Dudley, from the University of California, Berkeley, ...

Smarter than primates? Without language, it becomes a level playing field. Feb. 7, 2011— -- We cooperate more than other primates, right? With our extensive systems of governance and such global ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a scientist, I view every animal behavior as a crucial data point, revealing an animal’s well-being through the collective ...

Eric Goode looks at the bond, the love really, that exists between humans and animals, particularly monkeys, in his 4-part HBO documentary series “Chimp Crazy” premiering Sunday night. Like his “Tiger ...

HIV, like any other virus, has one goal--and it isn't killing. The goal is to reproduce, and since viruses do that by hijacking their hosts' cells, they can't further their own existence after they've ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tale of Sam the chimp – the controversial beer-drinking, cigarette-smoking chimpanzee once housed at what is now called the ...

A new study has found that chimpanzees may be far from shy bathroomgoers. A team of researchers spent more than 600 hours studying 20 captive chimpanzees to determine that chimps may experience ...