For the first time, a gorilla in the wild has been seen using tools - using a stick to capture and then eat ants. Previously the behaviour had only been seen in chimpanzees. Researchers were observing ...

There was a time when it was thought that tool use was the singular ability of humans and their captive primate prodigies. Then wild chimps were observed using sticks and stones to dig out termites ...

Wild gorillas have been seen using "weapons" for the first time, giving a new insight into how early man learned to use sticks and stones for fighting and hunting millions of years ago. Researchers ...