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 ...

Alcohol can make you woozy and nauseous when you drink too much, but why do humans love it? Wild chimpanzees may hold the answer. Chimps could be eating enough fermented fruit each day and consuming ...

Animals are attracted to fruits derived from the production of alcoholic beverages due to their high caloric value. Now his story is recalled by Dariusz Dziektarz, a forester and populariser of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First-of-its-kind measurements have revealed the ethanol content in the fruits consumed by chimpanzees in their natural African ...

A study published in the journal Biology Letters has provided the strongest physiological evidence yet that wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) regularly consume alcohol as part of their natural diet.

Chimpanzees may consume the equivalent of about one alcoholic drink per day due to the ethanol contained within the fruit they eat, according to a new study. Understanding this behavior of our closest ...

In the forests, grasslands, and tropical forests, wild animals often encounter naturally fermented food. Natural fermentation results in the production of small amounts of alcohol by the yeast acting ...

Fermented winter berries can intoxicate fruit-eating birds in spring, causing balance issues and impaired flight. Frugivores like cedar waxwings and Bohemian waxwings are most at risk due to high ...