wild chimpanzees

Wild chimpanzees appear not to regularly experience menopause

harminka — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:34:30 -0600

A pioneering study of wild chimpanzees has found that these close human relatives do not routinely experience menopause, rebutting previous studies of captive individuals which had postulated that female chimpanzees reach reproductive senescence at 35 to 40 years of age.

Male chimpanzees use stolen food to win over opposite sex

harminka — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:18:32 -0500

They say that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach and the same could be said for female chimpanzees. Researchers studying wild chimps in West Africa have discovered that males pinch desirable fruits from local farms and orchards as a means of attracting female mates.

Female-led infanticide in wild chimpanzees

harminka — Mon, 14 May 2007 12:57:47 -0500

Researchers observing wild chimpanzees in Uganda have discovered repeated instances of a mysterious and poorly understood behavior: female-led infanticide. The findings, reported by Simon Townsend, Katie Slocombe and colleagues of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, and the Budongo Forest Project, Uganda, appear in the May 15th issue of the journal Current Biology, published by Cell Press.