Chimpanzees and bonobos are closest living relatives, sharing over 98% DNA. They belong to the genus Pan. Though similar, ...

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A baby chimp cuddles with its mother. The great apes share about 99 percent of their DNA with humans. Photograph by Eric Gevaert, Alamy ByGrant Currin May 6, 2021 •6 min read ...

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) can "catch" yawns from an android imitating human facial expressions, according to new research from City St George's, University of London.

Chimpanzees ‘caught a yawn’ from this robot and researchers aren’t sure why 'To our knowledge, this is the first study to explore contagious yawning in response to an inanimate agent.' ...

A chimpanzee seized from a troubled animal park along the Oregon Coast now has a new home in Washington. Cle Elum’s Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest has revealed it rescued West Coast Game Park ...

The distance they were required to keep from the chimps expanded to 20 ft (6 m), with an even more safety-focused 30 ft (9 m) recommended. They also now needed to don face masks and sanitize their ...

A Ngogo chimpanzee, named Damien by researchers, whose data was used in a recent study on human disease transmission to chimps. The study found that protocols such as quarantining and masking can ...