It’s a common mistake to think we came directly from the monkeys or chimps you see at the zoo today, […] ...

A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the ...

Visit the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro and see one of the largest chimpanzee troops in the U.S., plus expansive wildlife ...

According to YouGov surveys, 15 per cent of British men and 22 per cent of US men believe they could beat a chimpanzee in a ...

By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn their bedrooms into faraway castles and hold make-believe tea parties. The ability to make something out of nothing may seem uniquely human — a ...

Emerging digital tools can help authorities prioritize inspections and rapidly identify illicit goods by linking online ...

In a series of tea party-like experiments, Johns Hopkins University researchers demonstrated for the first time that apes can ...

Little kids hosting make-believe tea parties is a fixture of childhood playtime and long presumed to be exclusively a human ...

A new study in Behavioral Biology reveals how chimpanzees solve resource dilemmas. Larger, more tolerant groups share resources better.

Rare observations show Atlantic puffins holding sticks to reach itchy spots, suggesting tool-like behavior beyond nest ...

What happens when you give animals their own cameras? That’s the premise of the 2018 BBC TV series Animals With Cameras, which follows wildlife filmmaker and presenter Gordon Buchanan as he meets ...

An international team has discovered the earliest known hand-held wooden tools used by humans. A study jointly led by ...