A new study has found that chimpanzees may consume the equivalent of about two alcoholic beverages a day through fermented fruit. The study, which was published in the peer-reviewed journal Science ...

If scientists are to better understand whether the genes that let us welcome the weekend with a cold beer or enjoy a glass of wine with dinner began with apes eating fermented fruit, then the habit ...

If you’re looking for a refreshing, fizzy drink that’s naturally fermented and full of probiotics — water kefir might just ...

The relaxed feeling you get after a cold beer or a glass of wine is down to the ethanol content of the beverage. This is a naturally occurring substance produced by the fermentation of sugars. For ...

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For 11 days in late summer 2025, Aleksey Maro found himself in the Ugandan rainforest, doing whatever he could to collect chimpanzee urine. "The most consistent, predictable time is in the morning.

In the lush canopies of Guinea-Bissau’s Cantanhez National Park, a group of wild chimpanzees has been caught in a moment that’s oddly familiar: eating and sharing fruit laced with alcohol. For the ...

One of the study's authors notes this may be a "conservative" estimate Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like ...

Researchers collected and analyzed urine from chimpanzees in a Ugandan forest after they'd eaten fermented fruit to determine how much alcohol they'd consumed. (Sharifah Namaganda) For 11 days in late ...