Chimpanzee habitats Chimpanzees live across 2.6 million km² of west, central and east Africa.They span a variety of habitats, from dense forests to open woodland-savannahs.Different habitats ...

Krekeler Foundation. Chimpanzees are humans’ closest living relatives, sharing over 98% of our DNA. They are endangered, with fewer than 250,000 left and an annual decline of between 1.5% and 6%.

A chimpanzee investigated a remote camera by poking it with a stick In a remarkable moment for wildlife research, rare footage captured an endangered chimpanzee using a stick as a tool in Gabon ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The head of the Indianapolis Zoo was injured in an incident involving a chimpanzee last week, the zoo confirmed. President and CEO Dr. Rob Shumaker was feeding a chimpanzee through a ...

Chimpanzees select materials for tools based on flexibility. Chimpanzees act as engineers when making their tools, deliberately choosing plants that provide materials with more flexibility, a new ...

A new study finds that gorillas perform just as well as chimpanzees in tests that require awareness of their own bodies. A research team, led by Utrecht University biologist Jorg Massen ...

Chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe Stream National Park demonstrated engineering skills by carefully selecting specific plants to craft flexible tools for termite fishing, according to new research ...

A zoo in China is investigating an incident in which a chimpanzee was captured on video smoking a discarded cigarette butt, according to Chinese media. The video, which has gone viral since it was ...

The star of the HBO docuseries Chimp Crazy pleaded guilty to perjury and obstruction of justice after she tearfully testified under oath that her beloved pet chimpanzee Tonka had died — when in ...

A baby girl chimpanzee was welcomed at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, on Monday, April 7, after being born via a planned Caesarean section to mother Mahale, the zoo announced. The newborn ...