chimpanzees

  • Chimpanzee Traditions Are Being Lost Along With Their Habitats

    Chimpanzee Traditions Are Being Lost Along With Their Habitats

    We know chimpanzees as intelligent, emotional creatures that make and use tools, grieve for their dead, and pass down traditions between generations. But less well-known is that different communities of chimps have unique cultures—and that behavioural diversity that is shrinking, according to a new, 10-year study of chimpanzee groups in Africa.


  • Chimp Beds Are Way Less Filthy Than Human Beds

    Chimp Beds Are Way Less Filthy Than Human Beds

    In a twist that rivals cinema’s best, a new study published Tuesday in Royal Society Open Science suggests a horrible truth: We’ve been the damn dirty apes all along. It found that beds made by one of our closest primate relatives, chimpanzees, contain little personal filth, meaning germs and parasites from their own body, and…