New research suggests the fuzzy insects may be capable of spontaneously solving problems the way animals with much larger ...

A recent study performed on chimpanzees demonstrates that chimpanzees possess cognitive flexibility similar to that of humans. When circumstances or evidence change, chimps appear to do the thing ...

New research on chimpanzees is forcing scientists to rethink where the line between human and animal minds really lies. In carefully designed experiments, chimps are not just grabbing at treats or ...

Researchers say a new study proves that insects can solve problems spontaneously, a cognitive ability usually associated with ...

And chimps outperform humans. I once watched Matsuzawa show videos of his experiments with Ai and Ayumu at a conference attended by the world’s leading chimp researchers, including Jane Goodall, ...

When caretakers tried to retrieve the crystal from the chimps’ enclosure, they had to exchange it for favoured snacks of bananas and yoghurt. A second experiment showed that the chimps could identify ...