Ever since a giant gorilla scaled the Empire State Building with a beautiful damsel in his hand in 1933's King Kong, ...

Simply put, if a chimp sees another urinate, it will too. The study was led by Ena Onishi, a doctoral student at Kyoto University's Wildlife Research Center in Japan. The concept of socially ...

The same is true of Beryl, a chimpanzee living in Kibale National Park, in Uganda, and her young daughter, Lindsay. When Lindsay wants to climb on her mother’s back and travel, she puts one hand ...

San Francisco-based studio Collins was keen to keep Mailchimp’s much-loved winking chimp mascot Freddie, but gave him a slicker overall look. The studio also replaced the previous logotype with a ...

They found that when one chimpanzee in the group peed, others were more likely to follow. The researchers recorded the number of urinations that occurred within 60 seconds of one another ...

An analysis of those observations revealed that chimps were likely to pee together, and if a chimp was near an individual that was urinating, it too was more likely to start peeing — suggesting ...

Beryl, a chimpanzee mother, and her daughter Lindsay, have created a unique gesture that no other chimps in their community use. Their story is not just about communication—it’s about the ...

"Urination, a seemingly simple physiological act, can also spread socially within a group." A recent study in the journal Current Biology led by scientists at Kyoto University's Wildlife Research ...

A study published January 20 in the journal Current Biology finds that when one chimpanzee urinates, the others in a group are more likely to follow. The phenomenon is called “contagious ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Rayan Rupert reaches into his Trail Blazers locker to fetch his “French” cellphone, the one he uses when he’s back in his homeland, and the one with pictures from his youth.