Are helicopter parents the reason kids don’t turn rebellious until their teenage years, when they finally get some autonomy?

A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

Chimpanzees show physical risk taking peaks in infancy, not adolescence, highlighting the powerful role of supervision in ...

The riskiest behavior in humans peaks in adolescence. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison ...

Adolescents are known for risky behavior, with teenagers in the US more likely than younger children to die from injury.

Ai, a female chimpanzee famous for her cognitive skills has died at 49, according to the Japanese institute where she lived.

Great apes share human-like social circles, but chimpanzees and bonobos differ in how selectively they maintain close social bonds. A new international study led by researchers from Utrecht University ...

In humans, teens do the most dangerous things. In chimpanzees, that honor goes to toddlers. The difference may lie in ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Anthropology Professor Jill Pruetz long suspected that man-made changes influenced the aggressive behavior researchers have observed among chimpanzees. However, her ...

Ai, a "genius" chimpanzee who could recognise more than 100 Chinese characters and the English alphabet, has died aged 49, ...

Bonobo chimpanzees are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos. … They still showed increased alertness ...