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Chimps are naturally violent, study suggests

By Laura Geggel last updated

A new, 54-year study suggests coordinated aggression is innate to chimpanzees, and is not linked to human interference.

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Two chimpanzees share food, a common form of social behavior.

Wild chimps and gorillas can form social bonds that last for decades

By Chris Young last updated

Friendly associations between gorillas and chimpanzees in the wild can persist for decades, and may originate around food sharing and defense against predators.

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Bizarre aye-ayes use spooky, bony finger for nose picking

By Mindy Weisberger published

A new study in aye-ayes is the first to review nose picking in primates and reports the first evidence of the habit in lemurs.

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What if humans had tails?

By Joanna Thompson published

If humans had tails, what would they be like, and how would we use them?

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Chimps Learned Tool Use Long Ago Without Human Help

By Heather Whipps last updated

Humans and chimps are even more alike than previously thought; chimps learned to make their own tools rather

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Talk, Talk, Talk: One Thing We Do Better than Apes

By Meredith F. Small last updated

Chat is what humans are all about.

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Selfless Chimps Shed Light on Evolution of Altruism

By Charles Q. Choi last updated

Chimpanzees help strangers without apparent expectation of personal gain.

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Human Evolution: Our Closest Living Relatives, the Chimps

By Charles Q. Choi last updated

Chimpanzees offer many clues as to how we evolved our human traits.

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photo shows a bees crawling over each other in a ball on the ground; two more bees are flying towards the ball from the background

Buzzing bees, sperm-covered sea stars stun judges of Wildlife Photographer of the Year

By Nicoletta Lanese published

A photo of cactus bees took grand prize in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

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Photo of a chimpanzee sitting down in the grass. Their arms are folded, with one hand underneath their chin. They have a pensive expression on their face.

Do animals grieve?

By Emma Bryce last updated

Elephants gather round their dead, dogs go into decline and chimpanzees stop eating when their companions die. Is this grief, as humans know it?

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