When ya gotta go, ya gotta go, and if it sometimes seems like the urge to pee seems more pressing when others nearby are letting loose—well, there’s now a bit of science to back that up. It turns out ...

Yawning isn’t the only bodily function that’s contagious. Japanese scientists have discovered that chimpanzees are more likely to urinate when they see other primates going No. 1 as well, as detailed ...

What you do behind a locked bathroom door is nobody’s business but your own. From time to time though, you may find yourself wondering: how do my toilet habits compare to everybody else’s? We wouldn’t ...

Scientists suspect that contagious urination, a behavior they observed among a troop of apes in Japan, may play an important role in primate social life. By Annie Roth Ena Onishi, a doctoral student ...

A new study has described a phenomenon researchers refer to as 'contagious urinations.' The study in 20 captive chimpanzees living at the Kumamoto Sanctuary in Japan shows that, when one chimp pees, ...