New research shows bonobos and chimpanzees comfort others at similar rates, challenging old beliefs about ape empathy.

Imagine looking into the eyes of a chimpanzee and seeing a flicker of something deeply familiar—a spark that hints at a ...

Psychologists from Durham University, UK, have observed the behavior of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether bonobos ...

Though the reason behind this action is unclear, researchers suggest socially consuming alcohol may have offered evolutionary benefits to a common ancestor of both humans and chimps ...

New data suggests that the human inclination toward feasting in groups is part of our deep evolutionary history.

Chimps in Guinea-Bissau were recorded sharing fermented breadfruits in the wild, offering a clue about the origins of social ...

Chimps' enjoyment of and willingness to share alcohol-infused fruit hints at possible ancient roots of social drinking.

Research reveals the interesting behavior of chimpanzees and how they bond by sharing fermented, alcoholic fruit.

In the wild, some animals have a taste for fermented fruit –which contains small amounts of alcohol. Now, for the first time, ...

For the first time, researchers have filmed chimpanzees in the wild sharing fermented African breadfruit, which contains ...