Do as I do: chimpanzees may use social learning to acquire new skills
Chimpanzees may learn a new skill from observing each other, according to research from St Andrews and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Chimpanzees may learn a new skill from observing each other, according to research from St Andrews and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
While Rudolph’s red nose may help guide Santa’s sleigh, it’s a reindeer’s excellent night vision that allows them to locate their dinner.
A study into the phenomenon of looking at a familiar word until it seems strange has won a scientific research award.
A Fife woman who has attended five universities during a "12-year rollercoaster" of health issues graduated from St Andrews today.
Graduates celebrated their success in the glorious St Andrews sunshine on the fourth day of summer graduation ceremonies.
Pupils from across Fife visited the University of St Andrews last week (Thursday 8 June) for a hands-on life sciences discovery day like no other.
Visitors are being encouraged to talk like a chimpanzee, sing like a whale and think like a dog at the University of St Andrews’ Wardlaw Museum this summer.
Humans retain an understanding of gestures made by other great apes, according to a new study by St Andrews researchers.
New research shows chimpanzees share a human tendency to unintentionally synchronise their steps when walking alongside one another.
Scientists have shown that chimpanzees in Uganda’s Budongo Forest have their own signature style when drumming on trees.