If you see a bird stumbling or leaning precariously on your porch, it's not just being clumsy — it is accidentally drunk.

April 22 (UPI) --A team of British researchers studying chimpanzees in West Africa said they have documented the primates eating and sharing alcoholic fruit. The University of Exeter team said cameras ...

Drinking more than you intended may be something that many humans do, but now research is showing that a taste for alcohol is surprisingly common among animals. In fact, a new study has found that ...

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 ...

From wildlife to household pets, this article explains how alcohol affects animals and what pet owners should do if exposure ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

As the sun rises over Kibale National Park in Uganda, red berries and orange figs hang in the rain forest’s canopy. They’re waiting for monkeys, apes or birds to scan the foliage, eat the ripe fruit ...

The first-ever measurements of the ethanol content of fruits available to chimpanzees in their native African habitat show that the animals could easily consume the equivalent of more than two ...