On the genetic level, we're not all that different from chimps. But those small differences in dna can have massive effects.

For decades, animals like chimpanzees have been treated as property under the law. Lawyer Steven Wise argues that this ignores overwhelming evidence of their intelligence and emotional depth. He’s ...

New study reveals our closest relatives share the cognitive roots of imagination and pretense. Remember childhood tea parties ...

Research with chimpanzees shows that cooperation and leadership shape sustainable use of resources in our closest living relatives ...

Veronika’s improvised grooming device has caused great surprise – but that tells us more about humans than cows, says science writer Helen Pilcher ...

Deep in the forests of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a story of animal intelligence and social cooperation has unfolded over ...

Why do some people attract followers while others don't? Study shows brains evolved to create unequal hierarchies through ...

Years Later doesn't really touch on the origins of the Rage Virus. For that, you should look to 28 Days Later and some of the ...

For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...

Scientists sat across from a 43-year-old bonobo called Kanzi to have an imaginary tea party. Here’s what happened. View on ...

Behavior might be chalked up to more than just intentional choices.

The Domesday Book is a 1086 manuscript commissioned by William the Conqueror as a massive survey of everything he had ...