Human cravings for booze may have deep evolutionary roots, a new study has shown. The study, published in Science Advances, involved observing the eating behaviors of chimpanzees—”our closest living ...

In 2014, University of California, Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley wrote a book called The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol. His controversial “drunken monkey hypothesis” proposed that ...

Chimps consume the equivalent of at least one alcoholic drink a day as they eat fermenting fruit, says a study that could ...

For many, monkeys are seen as mischievous, destructive creatures, notorious for wreaking havoc on crops and often becoming targets of hunting. Yet, among the Isukha, Idakho, and Tiriki sub-tribes of ...

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 ...