The African political leader’s autobiography, My Country, Africa, also offers a larger story of empire, oppression, and ...

The findings support the idea that sex was already being used for social purposes by the last common ancestor of humans, bonobos, and chimpanzees.

We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that ...

In the remote village of Chegera, near Bukavu, at least 26 women were raped as Congolese troops and their allies retreated in ...

A new study sheds light on the role of sexual behavior in apes, which has implications for understanding its evolutionary ...

In the late 1950s Pan-African activist Andrée Blouin contributed to Sékou Touré’s campaign for independence in Guinea, then ...

A new look into the private lives of chimpanzees has found that the primates settle disagreements with close friends by ...

The study took place at two African great ape sanctuaries: Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust in Zambia. In total over 1,400 ...

Prince Harry's charity commemorating Princess Diana had USAID money from a $51m pot to spend in a country Donald Trump mocked.

Making America great no more, the president and Elon Musk have broken faith with the Volunteer Spirit that guided my career, ...

Andreé Blouin was erased from history despite her pivotal role in African independence. Today she has a book prize named ...

The team found that both bonobos and chimpanzees used sex in similar ways to ease tension and reaffirm social bonds before feeding. Bonobos also often had sex more after fights to repair social ...