The Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary is a safe haven for orphaned, rescued and abused chimpanzees across Sierra Leone. But the ...

There is a distinct moment when the tranquillity of the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary envelops our car as we drive higher up ...

New research on the rhythmic drumming and complex calls of chimpanzees could point scientists to the origins of language.

Chimpanzees drum rhythmically, suggesting the roots of human musicality may predate our species. New research by cognitive ...

Not only do chimpanzees maintain a rhythm while drumming on tree roots, but two subspecies use distinct tempos and techniques, according to a new study ...

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

Previous work showed chimpanzees pound the huge flared buttress roots of rainforest trees to broadcast low frequency booms through dense foliage. Scientists believe these rhythmic signals help ...

Not to be outdone by Ronan the beat-keeping sea lion or woodpeckers in the forest, some chimpanzees are also ... a sort of way to check in across the rainforest,” Eleuteri said.

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 ...

New research from a team of cognitive scientists and evolutionary biologists finds that chimpanzees drum rhythmically ... of way to check in across the rainforest,” Eleuteri says.

Over a span of several months, scientists observed 51 chimpanzees from two communities living in the Budongo Central Forest Reserve. The researchers meticulously documented 17 individual cases where ...