Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just like humans, chimpanzees are adept at problem-solving. If you hang a banana out of reach and give a chimp some boxes (as ...

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...

Jane Goodall’s research at Gombe Stream National Park revolutionized our understanding of chimpanzee intelligence. In 1960, she observed a chimp named David Greybeard stripping leaves from twigs to ...

Despite being one of the most cooperative species on the planet, humans routinely fail to manage shared resources sustainably. We overfish from the oceans, burn fossil fuels, and over-prescribe ...

New research suggests the fuzzy insects may be capable of spontaneously solving problems the way animals with much larger brains do. Bumblebees have tiny brains but they can solve problems like chimps ...