A zoo has welcomed the arrival of an endangered animal. The 26-year-old female chimpanzee, called Jessie, joined Colchester Zoo on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. She joined from Welsh Mountain Zoo as part ...

In the mid-1970s, primatologist Jane Goodall witnessed something that changed her opinion of chimpanzees forever: A four-year conflict amongst the... Why a chimp 'civil war' shows how societies ...

For decades, the 200 Ngogo chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, Uganda, lived what seemed a calm and normal existence. Males and females hunted together, groomed each other and went on patrols through ...

Animal intelligence is not just about problem-solving—it directly shapes how species hunt, fight, and survive under constant pressure. From chimpanzees forming alliances and using tools to gain ...

Aaron Sandel can pinpoint when it all started. The codirector of the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project had been observing a group of apes on June 24, 2015, in Uganda’s Kibale National Park, where the project ...

If you’re not worried by the war, you’re not paying attention. No, not the war in the Middle East. The war in Africa. The Red Cross says there are more than 50 active conflicts in Africa right now.

"I don't think I would have ever thought I'd be here, coming from my country and ending up being a good wrestler," Dunia Sibomana-Rodriguez said Daniel Levine is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. He joined ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A captive chimpanzee in Japan spontaneously ripped floorboards from a walkway and used them as instruments to perform structured, rhythmic drumming ...

PHOENIX — A once-unified group of chimpanzees in Kibale National Park has split into two rival factions, with one group carrying out a series of deadly attacks against the other, according to ...

Chimpanzee 'civil war' turns deadly in Uganda A chimp community in Kibale National Park has split into rival groups, with one attacking the other as researchers—including some in Arizona—search for ...