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Chimps really are "drunken monkeys" - and actively seek out alcohol in their native habitat, suggests new research. Urine testing confirmed alcohol consumption among wild African chimpanzees with 17 ...

A chimpanzee eating figs at Ngogo in Uganda's Kibale National Park in 2018. (Aleksey Maro/UC Berkeley) (CN) — By eating fermented fruit, wild chimpanzees may be regularly consuming the equivalent of ...

Source: Julia Casorso, used with permission. Anecdotes from around the world describe wild animals—everything from wasps to songbirds to baboons—acting drunk after feeding on fermented fruits. But ...

Gene therapy used to increase dopamine production in macaque monkeys showed promising results for those who struggle with alcohol use disorder. Reading time 3 minutes Alcohol addiction could become a ...

A tourist was caught giving alcohol to wild monkeys in China. Footage shows the man holding a local spirit called Baijiu, letting the macaque chug the liquor at Qianling Mountain Park in Guiyang, ...

For 25 years, UC Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley has been intrigued by humans' love of alcohol. In 2014, he wrote a book proposing that our attraction to booze arose millions of years ago, when our ...