Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives. From using forest herbs as medicine to creating and using tools, these ...

New research on the rhythmic drumming and complex calls of chimpanzees could point scientists ... will jump between the buttresses on these huge rainforest trees and almost dance around them ...

Previous research has shown that chimps have their own signature drumming style. A new analysis of 371 bouts of chimpanzee ...

A 2022 study from the same research team showed that chimpanzees can drum on the buttress roots of trees. Drumming on these large tree roots that grow above the soil can produce low frequency sounds.

Previous work showed chimpanzees pound the huge flared buttress roots of rainforest trees to broadcast low frequency booms ...

Wild chimpanzees change the meaning of individual calls by combining them in different ways, a behavior that reflects how ...

Researchers describe cases of chimps tending to others’ wounds, as well as a chimp that freed another from a snare ...

In this combination of photos provided by researchers, a wild male chimpanzee drums on a buttress ... grab hold of the tall buttress roots of rainforest trees. Sometimes they pound them several ...

A recent study by behavioral biologists from Wageningen University & Research and the German Primate Research Center has ...

Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when ... chimps will often grab hold of the tall buttress roots of rainforest trees. Sometimes they pound them several times to create low-frequency sounds ...