Living in communities of up to 150 individuals, chimps spend their days grooming one another ... They greet each other with what looks like a kiss, strengthening social bonds. Prairie dogs share the ...

Different chimp troops drum with "distinct" rhythms, reveals new research. The primates use regular spacing between beats, according to the study. The "exciting" findings suggest that the ability ...

They examined how the meanings of 12 different chimpanzee calls changed when they were combined into two-call combinations. The study is published in the journal Science Advances. "Generating new ...

On its face, a comparison of monkeys and apes seems straightforward: Modern primates have defining physical features and behaviors that clearly sort them in different categories. Beginning with ...

The polyglot influencer shared a YouTube video showing him using bonobo language to communicate with a monkey. O post Went ...

Musicality may have emerged in a common ancestor of chimps and humans, as both species share similarities in how they drum. They use their hands and feet to produce rapid-fire drumming, often on ...

This reinforces the idea that rhythm plays a significant role in chimpanzee communication ... upon previous research indicating individual chimps possess unique drumming styles, further ...

Previous research has shown that chimps have their own signature drumming style. A new analysis of 371 bouts of chimpanzee drumming demonstrates that the chimps “clearly play their instruments ...

Chimpanzees combine hoots, calls and grunts to convey far more concepts than with single sounds alone. It may be a first among nonhuman animals.

Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a new study shows. Chimpanzees and humans last shared a common ancestor around 6 million years ago. Scientists suspect this ...