By tracking brain activity as primates move freely in the wild, neuroethology could reshape what we think we know about our own minds.

Primatologist Frans de Waal argues that studying chimpanzees and bonobos not only fascinates but also provides valuable insights into human behavior, particularly in areas like leadership, emotions, and gender, which are essential to our identity and societal functioning.

His career helped define humanity’s place in the world by bringing us “a little closer” to our ape relatives.

CRISPR study helps answer a question that has long puzzled scientists.

Successful alpha leadership is more about caring and healing than dog-eat-dog supremacy.

The structure is fully developed in humans, partially developed in chimps, and completely absent in Old World monkeys.

Primatologist Frans de Waal inadvertently popularized the term "alpha male." Now, he’s debunking common stereotypes to explain what an "alpha male" really is — empathetic and protective.

Their working memory outclasses ours.

We are ~99% genetically identical to chimpanzees. But there are three key traits that separate us.

Ancient humans may have evolved to slumber efficiently — and in a crowd.

He's studied apes for 50 years - here's what most people get wrong.

The ability is tied to mental health, consciousness, and memory in humans.

Awe is a powerful force, a fact that is both exciting and terrifying.

Many animals practice what looks like self-medication. A new report suggests that chimps tend wounds with insects, often treating each other.

Choking under pressure seems to have deep evolutionary roots.

From 1974 to 1978, the chimps of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania were at war with each other, the first time conservationists saw chimps engage in calculated, cold-blooded killing.

Bears, chimps, or humans? A track of five poorly preserved footsteps at Laetoli has puzzled paleontologists for decades. Now, a research paper from Nature claims to have solved the mystery.