Today, about 200,000 wild chimpanzees live in West and Central African rainforests. Researchers discover incredible way ...

Chimpanzees can change their minds when the facts no longer support their previous beliefs – a rational level of thinking ...

Jane Goodall’s lifelong studies into chimpanzees began six decades ago, when as a 26-year-old she set foot on the shores of Gombe Stream National Park along Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania, equipped with ...

Researchers found that chimpanzees update their beliefs based on evidence, showing a human-like ability to reason and reflect ...

An October 2025 social media post correctly reported that researchers documented an apparent effort by a troop of chimpanzees in the Congo Basin to domesticate more than 30 penguins. In October 2025, ...

In our research based in Kibale National Park, Uganda, chimpanzees have been seen applying insects to their own open wounds on five occasions, and in one case to another individual.