Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are native to the forests and savannas of central and western Africa. These creatures are our closest living relatives and share approximately 98.8% of our DNA. Similar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Male chimpanzees at the Taï National Park in Côte d'Ivoire are shown eating. A new study finds chimpanzees at this site have a ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Ripe fruit is an integral part of the diet of wild chimpanzees, as they routinely eat an amount equaling about 10% of their body weight daily. And because this fruit ...

Chimpanzees could be consuming the equivalent of a beer and half a day from eating alcoholic fruits, according to the first estimates of wild chimp alcohol intake. By virtue of their fruit-filled ...

Weighted by the proportion of time chimps eat each type of fruit, the average alcohol content of fruit was 0.32% by weight at Ngogo and 0.31% at Taï. The most frequently consumed fruits at each site - ...

Learn how urine tests revealed that wild chimpanzees metabolize alcohol from naturally fermented fruit, and what that could mean for human evolution. Alcohol might seem like a uniquely human invention ...

Chimpanzees are known to self-medicate using healing plants. ©KensCanning/Shutterstock.com Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives. From using forest herbs as ...