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"Humans and chimpanzees share 98% of their DNA" is one of the most widely repeated statistics in popular science — and it's also one of the most widely misunderstood....

A chimpanzee cracking a nut with a stone hammer and a dolphin carrying a marine sponge on its nose to protect against sharp coral look, at first glance, like they belong...

All four non-human great apes — chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans — have brains that dwarf those of almost any other land mammal relative to body size. But...

Few animal comparisons attract more myth and exaggeration than great ape strength. Claims that a chimpanzee is "five times stronger than a man" or that a silverback...

Great apes are almost always near the top of any list of the world's smartest animals, but they don't have the field to themselves. Elephants, dolphins, pigs, and even...

Bonobos, chimpanzees, and gorillas are the three African great apes, sharing a continent, a broadly similar body plan, and a family tree that connects all three to...

Orangutans and chimpanzees are both long-lived great apes by animal standards, capable of reaching ages that rival or exceed many smaller mammals many times over. But...

Chimpanzees and elephants are routinely named alongside dolphins and corvids as the most cognitively sophisticated non-human animals on the planet. But their...

Bonobos and gorillas are both African great apes, both live in dense equatorial forest, and both are frequently confused by people who assume all "big apes" behave more...

Chimpanzees and baboons both live across sub-Saharan Africa, both travel in noisy, sociable groups, and both are frequently lumped together in the popular imagination as...

While wild chimpanzees typically live 33–45 years, a small number of well-documented individuals — mostly in long-term research sites and sanctuary settings — have lived...

In 2007, a young chimpanzee named Ayumu became an unlikely scientific celebrity after a study found he could outperform human adults on a specific short-term memory task...

Current estimates put the wild chimpanzee population at somewhere between 170,000 and 300,000 individuals across Africa — down from an estimated one million a century...

"Primate" is one of the most commonly used, and commonly misunderstood, words in popular biology. It doesn't just mean "monkey" or "ape" — it's a whole taxonomic order...

Yes — chimpanzees produce a distinctive, breathy panting sound during play and tickling that researchers widely consider a genuine form of laughter, sharing deep...

Chimpanzee faces are among the most expressive of any non-human animal, and several of their expressions map closely — though not perfectly — onto human ones, offering...

"Ape" covers a specific, relatively small group of primates — far smaller than the monkey category it's often confused with. There are two broad types of apes, and...

Humans and chimpanzees share somewhere between 98% and 99% of their DNA, depending on the exact comparison method used — a figure that's often repeated but rarely...

Gorillas and orangutans are both great apes, both critically important to conservation, and both often confused with each other in casual conversation — yet they've...

With more than 500 recognised species, primates are one of the most diverse mammalian orders on Earth — ranging from a mouse lemur small enough to fit in your palm to a...

Different wild chimpanzee communities have distinct behaviours — specific tool-use techniques, grooming customs, even particular gestures — that vary from one population...

"Chimpanzee" isn't a single, uniform population — the species is divided into four recognised subspecies, spread across West, Central, and East Africa, each with its own...

Habitat loss, poaching, and disease dominate most discussions of great ape conservation, but climate change is an increasingly significant, if less immediately visible,...

Chimpanzees are classified as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), but what does that specific classification actually mean, and how...

Wild chimpanzees are found across a broad band of West, Central, and East Africa, but their range today is a fraction of what it once was — increasingly fragmented into...

The Albertine Rift, running along the western branch of the East African Rift system through Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania, is...

Chimpanzees' close genetic relationship to humans — sharing 98–99% of our DNA — is often framed purely as a fascinating scientific fact, but it has a serious practical...

Rainforests are often discussed in terms of climate — carbon storage, oxygen production, rainfall patterns — and all of that is genuinely important. But rainforests also...

Chimpanzee birth is rarely witnessed directly in the wild, since mothers typically seek privacy for labour and delivery. Much of what's known comes from a mix of rare...

Chimpanzee attacks on humans are rare, but they do happen — and understanding when and why gives a much clearer, more useful picture than either dismissing the risk...

Few animal facts get repeated as confidently, and as inaccurately, as the claim that chimpanzees are five, eight, or even ten times stronger than humans. The real,...

Yes — a chimpanzee is an ape. It's a simple question with a simple answer, but the confusion around it is common enough to be worth unpacking properly, since "ape" is a...

It's one of the most common mix-ups in casual wildlife talk: calling a chimpanzee a monkey. It's an easy mistake to make, but chimpanzees and monkeys belong to genuinely...

A wildlife corridor is a strip of connected habitat — often replanted forest along a river or valley — that links two otherwise separated patches of natural habitat,...

As roads expand into and through remaining forest habitat, they create a specific, measurable danger for wild chimpanzee populations — one that's easy to overlook...

Chimpanzee society is often described in terms of male rank and competition, but female chimpanzees play an equally important, if quieter, role in how a community...

Chimpanzee reproduction is a slow, careful process, reflecting the species' long lifespan and the extended investment each mother makes in a single offspring at a time....

Chimpanzees have a well-documented capacity for aggression — both between individuals within a community and, more seriously, between neighbouring communities — that...

Chimpanzees obviously can't sit a standard human IQ test, so how do researchers actually measure — and compare — chimpanzee intelligence? The answer involves a range of...

Chimpanzees are omnivorous, opportunistic feeders with one of the most varied diets of any great ape. Understanding what they actually eat — and how that diet changes...

Orangutans and chimpanzees are consistently ranked among the most intelligent non-human animals studied, but their intelligence isn't identical — it's shaped by very...

"Great ape" is a specific scientific category — the family Hominidae — and includes exactly five living species groups. Here's the complete list, what sets each apart,...

Chimpanzees and orangutans are both great apes and both remarkably intelligent, but beyond that broad similarity they differ in almost every meaningful way — geography,...

Chimpanzees have a long-standing reputation for almost superhuman strength — you've probably heard some version of the claim that a chimp is "several times stronger than...

"Monkey" is one of the most misused words in the animal kingdom. Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and bonobos are routinely called monkeys in casual conversation,...

Habitat loss is consistently identified as the single biggest threat to wild chimpanzees, and the scale of it — both historically and in specific landscapes like Western...

"Poaching" covers a range of distinct threats to wild chimpanzees, each with different drivers and different practical responses. Understanding the specific forms it...

Chimpanzees are rarely the deliberate target of hunters across most of their range, but they are frequently caught, injured, or killed by snares set for entirely...

Baby chimpanzees go through one of the longest, most intensive developmental periods of any non-human primate — a slow, carefully staged process that shapes almost...

Chimpanzee conflict ranges from minor scuffles over rank to serious, occasionally lethal violence between rival communities. Understanding what actually triggers this...

Chimpanzees don't form nuclear families in any sense familiar to humans — there's no pair-bonded couple raising offspring together. Instead, chimpanzee "family" is built...

Since the 1960s, a handful of high-profile research projects have taught captive chimpanzees to use sign language or symbol systems to communicate with human researchers...

Chimpanzee intelligence is often described in superlatives, and much of it is genuinely well-earned — but it's worth looking honestly at what "smart" actually means for...

A wild chimpanzee's diet isn't fixed — it shifts constantly with the seasons, the local habitat, and what's actually available at any given time. Understanding that...

Chimpanzees are apes, not monkeys. It's a short, direct answer to a surprisingly common question — and the reasons behind it reveal a lot about how these two primate...

Chimpanzees and gorillas are often grouped together as "big African apes," and while they share a family tree and a continent, they're strikingly different animals in...

Chimpanzees are classified as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with some populations classified as Critically Endangered. Numbers...

Yes — chimpanzees are among the most prolific tool-users in the animal kingdom, second only to humans in the range and complexity of tools they make and use in the wild....

Chimpanzee society is built around a structure known as "fission-fusion" — a large community, sometimes upwards of 100 individuals, that constantly splits into smaller...

Chimpanzees communicate through a layered combination of vocal calls, facial expressions, gestures, and body posture — a system flexible enough to convey excitement,...

Uganda has lost a substantial share of its natural forest cover over the past few decades, driven mainly by the expansion of small-scale agriculture, charcoal...

Human-wildlife conflict is one of the most persistent challenges in conservation, and it rarely has a single solution. In Western Uganda, where wild chimpanzees survive...

Chimpanzees are endlessly studied and endlessly surprising. Here are 50 facts that show just how close — and how remarkable — our nearest living relatives really are....

Chimpanzees are long-lived animals, but exactly how long depends heavily on where — and how — they live. The gap between a wild chimpanzee's life expectancy and a...

Chimpanzees and bonobos are so closely related that early primatologists mistook bonobos for a smaller subspecies of chimpanzee well into the 20th century. Both belong...

We are thrilled to share that the Bulindi chimpanzees have officially become global celebrities! The resident community of wild chimpanzees was featured in the landmark...

In the Budongo–Bugoma Corridor, survival is a matter of geography. For years, we have watched the chimpanzee's home shrink into isolated "islands" of forest scattered...

A new study explores how chimpanzees at Bulindi manage the danger of crossing a busy main road that crosses their territory. Using a unique 3-year dataset of...

The Bulindi Chimpanzee and Community Project (BCCP) is not just about saving wild chimpanzees, it's also about empowering local communities in western Uganda. The...