Endangered chimpanzees contaminated with pesticides and flame retardants
Wild chimpanzees are being exposed to a cocktail of harmful chemicals.
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News tagged with wild chimpanzees
Chimpanzees combine calls to communicate new meaning
A key feature of human language is our ability to combine words into larger compositional phrases, where the meaning of the whole is related to the meaning of the parts. Where this ability came from or how it evolved, however, ...
Evolution
May 4, 2023
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Uganda wildlife numbers soar due to enhanced protection
Uganda's wildlife population has boomed over the past four decades, the wildlife minister said Wednesday, but warned more must be done to save declining species including lions and endangered chimpanzees.
Ecology
Feb 8, 2023
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White sclera is present in chimpanzees and other mammals, not just humans, study finds
Long believed to be a uniquely human trait crucial for communication, visible white sclera—the "whites of the eye"—occur more commonly in chimpanzees and other mammals than previously reported, finds a new study from ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 6, 2023
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Guess who? Chimpanzee faces reveal family relationships
Researchers from the University of St Andrews have shown for the first time that not only do wild chimpanzees tend to look like their family members, but also some relationships are easier to detect than others.
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Nov 25, 2022
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Chimpanzees show signs of recognition toward skulls of their own species
Chimpanzees are known to interact with dead members of their species, revisiting corpses, and even showing mourning-like behavior. Elephants are also known to do this, and will even interact with elephant skeletons.
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Apr 7, 2022
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Researchers identify leprosy in wild chimpanzees
An international team that includes researchers John Spencer, Ph.D., and Charlotte Avanzi, Ph.D., of the Colorado State University Mycobacteria Research Laboratories has identified leprosy in wild chimpanzees in the West ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2022
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Female chimpanzees avoid humans
Female chimpanzees are less likely than males to go near villages and farmland used by humans, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2022
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Copy or innovate? Study sheds light on chimp culture
Chimpanzees in one part of Guinea crack and eat nuts while others declined to do so even when offered tools, research published on Monday found, and the difference could shed light on their culture.
Plants & Animals
Jan 29, 2022
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Cracking chimpanzee culture
Chimpanzees don't automatically know what to do when they come across nuts and stones. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now used field experiments to show that chimpanzees thus do not simply invent nut cracking ...
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Jan 24, 2022
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