Chimpanzees share more than 98% of human DNA, and decades of field research across Africa show their societies can be intensely violent. Long-term studies at sites like Gombe and Kibale document ...

Bands of chimpanzees violently kill individuals from neighboring groups in order to expand their own territory, according to a 10-year study of a chimp community in Uganda that provides the first ...

A new study of chimpanzee and bonobo groups at zoos reveals similar levels of aggression. However, scientists found stark sex-based differences between the species.

STAMFORD -- Charla Nash, the woman severely mauled by her friend's chimpanzee, has made an emotional return to the hospital where she received emergency medical care. Nash, wearing a veil over her ...

Charla Nash, the Stamford woman who was mauled by a chimpanzee nearly three years ago, is venturing out after a face transplant and says her new face is getting compliments. NBC's "Today" broadcast an ...

If you’ve paid any attention to chimpanzees in the news recently, you’ve probably noticed that they have a PR problem. On the 16th of February in Stamford, Connecticut, a chimp named Travis was shot ...

When people find out we study chimpanzees, they usually ask about their dark side. “You know chimpanzees kill each other, right?” or “Aren’t they the only animals besides humans that wage wars?” ...

This time, though, the attack was at his own Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden in eastern South Africa. And Cussons, host of the Animal Planet show "Escape to Chimp Eden," is without an ...

A baboon on top of a sign post in Buliisa. A chimpanzee has attacked and critically injured a child in Hoima.Photo by ...

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