Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you crack them open using only instinct. Scientists at Germany's University of Tübingen have learned that orangutans living in zoos can use tools to crack nuts ...

Orangutans instinctively use hammers to strike and sharp stones to cut, a study has found. According to the researchers, the findings suggest that two major prerequisites for the emergence of stone ...

Loui a juvenile male orangutan, using the core as an active element to vertically strike on the concrete floor of the testing room. (Credits: PA) Orangutans instinctively use hammers to strike and ...

Redd’s daily treatment reveals how orangutans with chronic respiratory diseases are adapting to use certain medical tools ...

They really are little monkeys. Just like chimps, young children used rudimentary tools when faced with tricky tasks. Two and three year-olds employed sticks as rakes, skewers, hammers and levers when ...

When it comes to using tools, our closest animal relatives are kings of the jungle. Incredible new footage reveals that monkeys are a dab hand at hunting and woodwork. Scientists used to think that ...

Five wild orangutans in Borneo—nicknamed Sam, Henk, Rambo, Kondor, and Sultan—have learned to create a new kind of distress signal, using leaves to lower the pitch of their common warning call, known ...