- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 18th, 2014
Chimpanzees Prefer Sturdier, More Comfortable Beds
They carefully select the type of trees they will sleep in
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 17th, 2013
Chimpanzees Do Not Conform to the Norm
Previous studies suggested the primates followed group pressure
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 17th, 2013
Yawning Is So Contagious It Can Spread from Humans to Chimps
Juvenile chimps living in sanctuaries are likely to yawn when they see people doing so
- Nature
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 5th, 2013
Researcher Finds Possible New Tick Species Inside His Nose
The tick set up camp inside Tony Goldberg’s nostril while the latter was in Uganda
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 7th, 2013
Orphaned Chimps Have Poor Social Skills
Researchers say this is because they didn't have a mom to teach them what's what
- Nature
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 19th, 2013
Chimps and Orangutans Can Remember Things That Happened Many Years Back
Researchers find new similarities between people and apes
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 29th, 2013
Watch: Research Chimpanzees Are Released, Walk on Grass for the First Time Ever
Over the next months, a sanctuary in Keithville will welcome over 100 retired chimps
- Green
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 27th, 2013
NIH Announces Plans to Retire Most Research Chimpanzees
The US has been experimenting on chimps for over 90 years, PETA explains
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 12th, 2013
US Announces Plans to Classify All Chimps as Endangered
Presently, only chimps living in the wild are considered endangered
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 30th, 2013
Apes Throw a Fit When Things Don't Go According to Plan
Chimps and bonobos have emotional responses to the outcomes of their decisions
- Green
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 24th, 2012
110 Chimpanzees Are Finally Freed from Their Laboratory Cages
The animals will no longer be used by researchers on various experiments
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 23rd, 2012
Neural Wiring Complexity Separates Us from Chimps
The difference does not necessarily lie in a bigger brain volume
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 23rd, 2011
Chimpanzees Cooperate Only When They Have To
New study challenges established data on these primates
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Smaranda Biliuti
- December 17th, 2010
Discovering the Differences in Primate Immune System
- Behavior/Humans
- By Smaranda Biliuti
- November 5th, 2010
Humans Split from Monkeys 3 Million Years Earlier
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- May 7th, 2010
Bonobos Shake Their Heads to Say 'No'
The behavior has never been witnessed before
- History
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 18th, 2010
Changes in Our Feet Allowed Us to Use Tools
By opening the way for hands to evolve