Some researchers have suggested that the gestures of other great apes — the primate family that includes chimps, bonobos, orangutans, gorillas and humans — are a fixed part of the species ...

A unique discovery in Uganda's Kibale National Park reveals a special gesture used by chimpanzee Beryl and her daughter Lindsay. This gesture, which involves placing a hand over Beryl's eye ...

A study out this week shows that peeing can sometimes be contagious among chimpanzees, too. Scientists at Kyoto University in Japan led the research, which was published Monday in the journal ...

A new paper published in Current Biology suggests a novel twist on an old saying: Instead of "monkey see, monkey do," the paper proposes "chimp see, chimp pee." Well, not in so many words. But the ...

This thought experiment is also a useful way to think about deciphering the communication of other species. I study bonobos, chimpanzees and macaques – none of which can answer me if I ask them: “What ...

As part of Project Mercury, NASA prepared to send a chimpanzee, Ham, into space to test the effects of space on a living creature. Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our Partners ...

Yawning isn’t the only bodily function that’s contagious. Japanese scientists have discovered that chimpanzees are more likely to urinate when they see other primates going No. 1 as well ...

an evolutionary biologist at Harvard University who studies the behavioral ecology of chimps and bonobos, and was not involved in the research. Surbeck said that he wasn’t surprised to learn ...

While watching a group of captive chimpanzees for her graduate research, Ena Onishi noticed something odd about the primates. "They seemed to have a tendency to urinate around the same time," said ...

In a recent study by Kyoto University in Japan, researchers found that primates engage in socially contagious urination behaviors. Chimpanzees were observed to urinate around the same time throughout ...