Apes include a rather broad range of simians (higher primates) from the Old World. Generally, if it’s not a monkey, people ...

A new study from Indiana University discovered that bonobos, humans’ closest living relatives, make similar vocalizations ...

The apes also looked longer at the animals they'd had positive interactions with in the past, SWNS reported of the research. Researchers determined that apes have great memories and can remember ...

While laughter is often considered uniquely human, tied to language and sense of humor, all great apes produce remarkably ...

Great apes aren't so different from humans when it comes to certain social interactions, they too enjoy making funny faces, poking one another, randomly pulling hair and other forms of teasing ...

Rather than chasing grammar in animals, a more grounded approach asks what cognitive difference might explain the gap ...

With baby gorillas fetching up to $550,000, the illicit trade is booming as demand for African great apes rises in China, the Middle East, and Pakistan. A female bonobo feeds fruit to her baby at ...

Great apes have a penchant for joking and clowning around, according to a new study — a finding that sheds new light on the origins of human humor. All species of great apes tease, tweak and ...

Freedom for Great Apes, a Central Oregon sanctuary for primates, has closed its doors and transferred its remaining animals to a larger facility in Texas. Four chimpanzees who lived in the Tumalo ...

“We tend to think about great apes as quite different from ourselves, but we have really seen these animals as possessing cognitive mechanisms that are very similar to our own, including memory ...

(CNN) — Researchers have found a new way in which great apes are similar to humans: they tease each other. A new study by an international team of scientists has documented “playful teasing ...

A new study indicated that chimpanzees may recognize other animals that they haven't seen in over 25 years. Researchers studied the way apes reacted to old friends.