Many animals, like chimps and parrots, exhibit handedness, a natural bias reflecting brain specialization. This consistent ...

British primatologist Jane Goodall entered the African wilderness at 26, without any formal scientific training or university degree. She emerged with research that forever changed how we understand ...

A year before her death, the legendary conservationist described how Derek had 'visited' her after his passing in 1980, and ...

British evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar has maintained for more than three decades that humans cannot maintain a social network beyond 150 people. This famous threshold—known as Dunbar’s Number ...

A Kenyan entrepreneur who designed an app that translates speech into sign language using AI-powered 3D avatars won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.

Jane Goodall, the trailblazing primatologist who taught the world about chimpanzees and their striking similarities to humans, has died at the age of 91. Her death was announced by her foundation, the ...

Jane Goodall, the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Babies are using their hands to communicate before they can actually talk. That appears to be a trend at many daycare centers where tiny infants are being taught sign language so ...

Jane Goodall, the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) confirmed in a statement on Wednesday (Oct. 1). Goodall died of natural causes in ...

National Geographic helped the famous conservationist get her start—and followed her chimpanzee research and advocacy for wildlife in a career that forever changed how we understand animal behavior.