Scientists suspect that contagious urination, a behavior they observed among a troop of apes in Japan ... has spent over 600 hours watching chimpanzees urinating. She has a good reason for ...

Hate waiting in line for the bathroom? Chimpanzees have a social solution: Go all at once. A new study shows that peeing is contagious in chimpanzees, making it “the first study to investigate ...

For chimpanzees, the need to pee appears to be contagious. A study published January 20 in the journal Current Biology finds that when one chimpanzee urinates, the others in a group are more ...

Well, not in so many words. But the study, which involved 20 captive chimpanzees at the Kumamoto Sanctuary at Kyoto University, does suggest that when one chimp urinates, others urinate too. “In ...

Future studies might investigate the behavior among wild chimps, as well as among other social species. “If you walk with great apes in the wild, you often see that group members really ...

The study in 20 captive chimpanzees living at the Kumamoto Sanctuary in Japan shows that, when one chimp pees, others are more likely to follow. “In humans, urinating together can be seen as a ...

Each ape from 5-year-old orangutan Cahaya to 66-year-old chimpanzee Marco, receives a unique birthday celebration tailored to their preferences. These parties feature specially crafted fruit ...

prompted by casual observation of convivial pee sessions among captive chimpanzees living at the Kumamoto Sanctuary at the university. The team observed the sanctuary’s 20 apes for more than 600 ...

Some researchers have suggested that the gestures of other great apes — the primate family that includes chimps, bonobos, orangutans, gorillas and humans — are a fixed part of the species ...

While watching a group of captive chimpanzees for her graduate research, Ena Onishi noticed something odd about the primates. "They seemed to have a tendency to urinate around the same time," said ...

A study out this week shows that peeing can sometimes be contagious among chimpanzees ... researchers hope they and others can explore. “Apes have a wide variety of social structures and ...

ild chimpanzees inhabit various environments in ... identifying signatures of genetic adaptation in apes may help us identify potential yet-unknown genetic adaptations in human populations ...