Chimps are the poster children for tool use in animals after their remarkable behavior was first recorded by the late, great ...

Chimpanzees are handy with tools. They’re known to use sticks to “fish” for ants and algae, make sponges from moss or leaves, and fashion simple spears for hunting. But exactly how the animals pick up ...

A study has revealed that chimpanzees demonstrate teaching behaviors by handing tools to their young and directly showing them how to use them. This follows Jane Goodall, known as the "Mother of ...

Chimpanzees are known to use rudimentary tools when foraging for food. According to a new paper in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, this learned behavior is passed down from adults to offspring ...

Camera traps in Senegal caught chimpanzee tool use passing from mother to daughter, and a juvenile helping an infant crack ...

New research led by University of Oxford researchers has found that old age likely impacts the habitual tool-use behaviors of some wild chimpanzees—although the extent to which different individuals ...

Darwin noted in 1871 that chimpanzees use stones to crack nuts, striking a blow to human hubris. Over the 20th century, a select few animals as diverse as octopuses and parrots have been observed ...

Chalk up another mark of chimpanzee intelligence--they not only use tools for gathering food, but also to improve their sex lives. The chimps don't have to duck into a sex shop to gather their erotic ...

Chimpanzees apparently can help their young learn to use tools. Researchers have observed wild chimpanzees in Senegal giving ...

Wild chimpanzees show reduced participation and performance in their tool-use behaviours as they experience old age, according to long-term video observations. The study, published today in eLife, ...

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