Using segments from the Human Spark, in this video-enhanced lesson students learn how to design and critique experiments with living subjects. (Grades 5-8)

These segments from Human Spark, highlight elements of designing and critiquing experiments with living subjects. They may be used on their own in the classroom or as part of the lesson plan, "Experimenting with Experiments."

Alan Alda finds out how human social networks compare to those of chimps and watches babies pick cooperative puppets over those that won't play.

Some chimp experts have concerns about how media portrayals could affect chimpanzee welfare in the United States and abroad.

Alan Alda explores how much humans and chimps have in common, and what sets us apart. Watch the full episode now.

If you’re a chimp, making friends is straightforward – put in some time grooming your buddy and hopefully you’ll stay on his good side. Not so for humans.

A chimp named Santino at a Swedish zoo seems to be forcing a more nuanced picture of what types of anticipation and planning our closest relatives are capable of.

In an article in the journal Current Biology researchers describe directly observing bonobos hunting not just small forest creatures but other primates as well.