Last year, Maro and his colleagues estimated wild chimpanzees’ alcohol intake based on the amount of fermented fruit they eat ...

Apes include a rather broad range of simians (higher primates) from the Old World. Generally, if it’s not a monkey, people will colloquially call it an ape. Apes can be split into two families: ...

If you’ve ever wondered why humans can safely enjoy a glass of wine or a cold beer, the answer may lie deep in our ape ancestry. A groundbreaking study published today in the journal BioScience ...

Dartmouth and University of St Andrews researchers propose "scrumping" as a new word to describe the fondness African apes have for eating fermented fruit from the ground. Recent research suggests the ...