According to YouGov surveys, 15 per cent of British men and 22 per cent of US men believe they could beat a chimpanzee in a ...

The California Department of Public Health is urging people to avoid mushroom foraging altogether this year because death cap ...

From chimpanzees swallowing bitter leaves to ants using natural antibiotics, these animals practise a form of self-care that ...

Chimpanzees are among the most intelligent primates, but that intelligence is paired with extreme physical strength and aggression. Documented attacks show that they can inflict severe and sometimes ...

New study reveals our closest relatives share the cognitive roots of imagination and pretense. Remember childhood tea parties ...

Well, not now – but a paper published in Genome Biology in 2006 concluded that after humans and chimpanzees cleaved from each ...

Laura M. MacLatchy receives funding from the Leakey Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the University of Michigan. Lauren Sarringhaus receives funding from the National Science Foundation, ...

Adolescents are known for risky behavior, with teenagers in the U.S. more likely than younger children to die from injury. But what's responsible for this uptick in risk-taking around puberty? Our new ...

As Americans continue to debate diets, calories and protein sources, Steven Rinella of Montana has a simpler definition of healthy eating: Go outside and get your food. "The act of going and getting ...

Humans don’t just recognize each other’s voices—our brains also light up for the calls of chimpanzees, hinting at ancient communication roots shared with our closest primate relatives. Researchers ...

A deadly conflict between rival groups of chimpanzees in Uganda led to comprehensive victory and a bounty of territory and food — does it show why humans go to war? When you purchase through links on ...