It’s not unusual for chimpanzees to fight. Chimpanzee society is naturally aggressive and even violent. However, visitors at ...

World Bonobo Day highlights the urgent need to protect bonobos from habitat destruction, poaching, and deforestation.

a first in recorded history Footage shows gigantic 1,653-pound great white shark tagged near Florida-Georgia coast How scientists studied collective chimp urination behavior Onishi and her team ...

Our research suggests that this phenomenon may have deep evolutionary roots.” Onishi, et al decided to study the phenomenon after noticing that many chimps in the sanctuary seemed to synchronize when ...

While observing a group of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), something caught the attention of Ena Onishi, who also studies animal behavior at Kyoto University. “I noticed a tendency for ...

Because groups of people often go to the bathroom together too, and chimpanzees are our' closest living relatives, this social behavior could be traced back to our common ancestor, researchers said.

On Wednesday, officials with the Oklahoma City Zoo announced the death Mwami, a 36-year-old chimpanzee. >> Watch the video ...