Researchers have documented a permanent split between the largest-known group of wild chimpanzees, which erupted into a ...

The world's largest known group of wild chimpanzees has split and been locked in a vicious "civil war" for the last eight ...

Chimp Haven will host its Spring Chimpanzee Discovery Day on April 18, 2026, giving the public a rare look inside the ...

Researchers observed the dynamic shift from a cohesive society to two opposing groups, followed by years of lethal violence.

Scientists observed an 8-year 'civil war' between hundreds of chimpanzees in Uganda after their community split into two ...

Scientists believe they have uncovered a civil war of sorts happening between chimpanzees, and the conflict has killed a ...

The Ngogo chimpanzees in Uganda have divided themselves into two main factions, and dozens of deaths have been recorded since ...

Field biologists in Uganda have been following and tracking the behaviors of Ngogo chimpanzees for over a decade. What they ...

For decades, the Ngogo chimpanzees in Uganda’s Kibale National Park were the largest known wild chimpanzee community — nearly 200 individuals living, grooming, hunting and patrolling together as one ...

Scientists watched a chimp society collapse—and the cause may rewrite everything we know about human conflict.

Using over 30 years of observations, scientists have described for the first time how this "exceedingly rare" split arose.