Chimpanzees, elephants, birds, spiders, termites, dolphins and octopuses all demonstrate intelligence in very different ways, ...

The post Chimpanzees Sharpen Spears with Their Teeth to Hunt appeared first on A-Z Animals. Humans often use weapons when hunting or defending themselves. However, we are not the only animals that ...

Chimpanzees are handy with tools. They’re known to use sticks to “fish” for ants and algae, make sponges from moss or leaves, and fashion simple spears for hunting. But exactly how the animals pick up ...

Darwin noted in 1871 that chimpanzees use stones to crack nuts, striking a blow to human hubris. Over the 20th century, a select few animals as diverse as octopuses and parrots have been observed ...

Young chimpanzees are remarkably innovative, inventing tools and improving on ones that adults use—and this technical know-how could hold the key to better appreciating the role of children in the ...

Chalk up another mark of chimpanzee intelligence--they not only use tools for gathering food, but also to improve their sex lives. The chimps don't have to duck into a sex shop to gather their erotic ...

Wild chimps aren't just watching and learning—they're literally handing down the tools of the trade. New camera footage from a Senegal reserve shows adult chimpanzees passing sticks and stone anvils ...

Picture a baby chimp clinging to its mother's back, wide eyes taking in everything around it. Just like human babies, these little ones start life completely helpless, relying on their mom for ...

Humans often use weapons when hunting or defending themselves. However, we are not the only animals that create our own hunting tools. Chimpanzees in southeast Senegal have exhibited this behavior. In ...

Two-thirds of a century after Jane Goodall observed ‘David Greybeard’ break off a twig to fashion a fishing rod for termites, researchers following in her footsteps have found that adult chimpanzees ...