Most humans might be right-handed, but plenty of other animals have a preferred hand (or whatever they've got instead of hands) too. The more general term is lateralization, and it's found in everything from kangaroos to octopuses.<br/>

An idea permeates our modern view of relationships: that men and women have always paired off in sexually exclusive relationships. But before the dawn of agriculture, humans may actually have been quite promiscuous. Author Christopher...

Seeking pleasure comes naturally to us humans, and we experience it in various ways, including sex. But it turns out plenty of other organisms also seek out the feeling of sexual pleasure, even outside mating purposes.

Savage-Rumbaugh's work with bonobo apes, which can understand spoken language and learn tasks by watching, forces the audience to rethink how much of what a species can do is determined by biology -- and how much by cultural exposure.

You might think something is so "icky" that you try avoid it, and scientists think there's a reason humans, and even some other animals, do this.

When a group of apes got split apart, slight differences in their new environments led to big differences in future generations.

This week's SciShow News finds Hank up to his elbows in weird disorders and strange behaviors, including a chemical that makes men stay faithful, new insights into what makes some behavior contagious, and the truth about a disease that...

What we call language is something more specific than communication. Language is about sharing what's in our minds: stories, opinions, questions, the past or future, imagined times or places, ideas. It is fundamentally open-ended, and...

Some of the animals you think of as just cute grass-eating creatures might actually be more interested in chomping on your meaty bones.

The researchers have found that almost all the illegal ivories are from recent poaching. Meanwhile, humans are not only animals that are farsighted!

He does all the heavy lifting - literally.

There are four species of great apes: bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans. With their numbers dwindling in the wild due to habitat loss, here's how you can help save them.

Learn about the San Diego Zoo's collection of orangutans, western lowland gorillas, and bonobos.

Here's how you can be a conscious consumer and help save the orangutan, gorilla, bonobo, and chimpanzee.

Anthropologist Frans de Waal, Emory University, describes how the genetic commonalities between humans, bonobos and chimpanzees cast suspicions on the long-held claim of anthropologists that humans are an extremely aggressive species...

Nasty, brutish, and short. That’s life in the wild. Will these animals learn to get along? Follow this hip-hop series and its reflections on the seven deadly sins.... Single lady. Bonobo is looking for love in the jungle. But with so...

This video provides an overview of primates, focusing on the differences between common chimpanzees and bonobos. It explores their physical characteristics, social structures, communication methods, mating behaviors, and life cycles....

In this video, we delve into the fascinating world of chimpanzees, exploring their evolutionary history, geographical distribution, physical characteristics, and most importantly, their behavior and psychology. Discover how chimpanzees...

Es más el ser humano que el hombre, pero qué le puedo hacer.

Duke University anthropologist Brian Hare wants more people to appreciate what the Bonobo chimpanzee can teach us about human nature. The Bonobo is endangered and found in the wild only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Along with...

Chimpanzee in the Zoo

Chimpanzee in the Zoo

CLEAN: Exterior shots of a congress of chimpanzees at Virunga National Park headquarters on February 18, 2012 in Rumangabo, The Democratic Republic of Congo

A Bonobo monkey looks around its enclosure at the San Diego Zoo.