Chimps have been spotted sharing alcoholic food for the first time, hinting that ancient ape behaviors gave rise to social drinking in humans. Researchers filmed the boozing chimpanzees (Pan ...

Remote cameras in Africa have captured the first images and video of wild chimpanzees eating and sharing fermented fruit that contains alcohol. Bonding over alcoholic drinks is an ancient human ...

Since alcohol can sometimes reduce stress levels, the fruit may be encouraging social behavior in the chimps, according to a recent study Anna Bowland/Cantanhez Chimpanzee Project/University of Exeter ...

Alcohol use disorder, which affects over 10% of Americans, can lead to persistent and serious insomnia. Difficulties falling asleep and staying asleep can last even after months of sobriety, ...

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 ...

It's not likely anyone would nominate a fruit fly for a "Best Mother of the Year" award — after laying her eggs, the insect hits the road, never to be heard from again. But it now turns out that fruit ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have discovered a gene mutation in fruit flies that alters sensitivity to alcohol. The findings, reported in the October 6 issue of ...

When fruit flies sense parasitic wasps in their environment, they lay their eggs in an alcohol-soaked environment, essentially forcing their larvae to consume booze as a drug to combat the deadly ...