As omnivorous creatures, chimpanzees eat all sorts of things, including fruits, termites, tiny rodents, and even full-grown monkeys. As for chimps eating reptiles, that’s completely unheard of—until ...

All chimpanzees eat animals at least sometimes, including anything from ants and termites to bushpigs and even baboons. Monkeys, in fact, are typically the most frequent item on the menu, and in some ...

A survey measuring the ethanol levels in fruits consumed by chimpanzees suggests that these animals are regularly exposed to alcohol. Researchers from the, Berkeley, conducted the first direct measure ...

When I talk about my time in the field, and how wonderful and fascinating chimpanzees are, one thing that often surprises people is that chimps eat meat. Listeners are truly shocked—"Wait what?" they ...

WASHINGTON — The ancestry of the virus that caused the AIDS epidemic has been traced to two strains of virus found in monkeys in Africa. The viruses probably passed into chimpanzees when they ate ...

Take two monkey viruses, feed to chimps, incubate for several years - and eat. That's the recipe for creating HIV, a new study suggests. The predominant strain of the virus that causes AIDS, called ...