Are helicopter parents the reason kids don't turn rebellious until their teenage years, when they finally get some autonomy? Very possible, according to scientists who recently studied the development ...

Our closest relative the chimpanzee is capable of sophisticated cooperative behaviour and even rudimentary altruism, two new studies reveal. The discovery suggests that some of the underpinnings of ...

WE’RE getting used to chimps doing things we once considered unique to humans. Now one human feature that really distinguishes us from other apes has been identified: the menopause. A comparison of ...

Do chimpanzees grieve in ways that resemble the human mourning process? A couple of new research papers published in the journal Current Biology raise that possibility. The studies point out striking ...

For 11 days in late summer 2025, Aleksey Maro found himself in the Ugandan rainforest, doing whatever he could to collect chimpanzee urine. "The most consistent, predictable time is in the morning.