The female endangered chimpanzee used a stick to investigate a trail camera in a Gabon national park. Gabon ANPN/Panthera/Gaboma Multimedia and Production In 2015, a photograph of a lone male lion in ...

In central Cameroon, two different subspecies of chimpanzees live on opposite banks of the Sanaga River, the only instance of two different chimp subspecies living in the wild in a single country. The ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In a move that's probably long overdue, the U ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research revealed endangered chimpanzees engaging in what looked like first aid on each other. Video of the chimps showed some ...

Between 2000 and 2023, more than 6,000 African primates were traded internationally in 50 countries, according to a newly published report. Endangered chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and critically ...

Wild chimpanzees are being exposed to a cocktail of harmful chemicals. Pesticides and flame retardants are among the pollutants found in their feces, suggesting that the chemicals may be having an ...

Chimpanzees in western Uganda have turned on each other in an unusual and deadly conflict, after one community split into rival groups that began carrying out repeated attacks. The violence offers a ...

Chimpanzees may look like smaller, hairier versions of humans, but when a full-grown chimp decides to throw its weight around, the difference is stark. Their strength is not just a gym-rat talking ...

Sierra Leone has chosen the chimpanzee as its new national symbol as part of efforts to protect the endangered species and rebrand the country as a sustainable tourist destination. The Western ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that chimpanzees in captivity are now considered endangered and ineligible for certain biomedical research. Chimps are the closely related to humans ...