For 11 days in late summer 2025, Aleksey Maro found himself in the Ugandan rainforest, doing whatever he could to collect chimpanzee urine. "The most consistent, predictable time is in the morning.

Researchers collected and analyzed urine from chimpanzees in a Ugandan forest after they'd eaten fermented fruit to determine how much alcohol they'd consumed. (Sharifah Namaganda) For 11 days in late ...

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In an attempt to understand our own fascination with the shiny minerals, researchers gave some to chimps. A chimp named Toti attentively observes a quartz crystal at a rehabilitation facility in Spain ...

Chimps also do not usually use their mouths to carry objects, so this behavior could mean they were hiding them, a behavior consistent with treating the crystals as valuable, the team pointed out.

KETIHVILLE, La. (WAFB) - If your kids have outgrown the rhythmic rhyming of Dr. Seuss, there are some chimpanzees living in northwest Louisiana that could enjoy them. Chimp Haven, a chimpanzee habitat ...

The donations poured in ahead of Dr. Seuss Day, providing playful enrichment for retired research chimpanzees Courtesy of Chimp Haven Nearly 400 Dr. Seuss books were recently donated to Chimp Haven ...

KEITHVILLE, La. (WGNO) — Monday, March 2, is Dr. Seuss Day. So, to celebrate, close to 400 Dr. Seuss books were mailed to Chimp Haven in Keithville. Chimp Haven put out a request on social media for ...

The urine of chimpanzees contains high levels of alcohol byproduct, most likely because the chimps regularly gorge themselves on fermented fruit, according to a new paper published in the journal ...

Chimps really are "drunken monkeys" - and actively seek out alcohol in their native habitat, suggests new research. Urine testing confirmed alcohol consumption among wild African chimpanzees with 17 ...

Chimpanzees appear to execute Rational Evidence-Weighing in complex decision-making tasks. The experiments conducted demonstrated that chimps changed their minds when presented with stronger evidence.