Prof Matyas Liptovszky is a director of Wilder International, and in a voluntary capacity affiliated with the European Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Great apes are humans’ closest relatives in ...

The baby boom is a direct result of breeding recommendations from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Los Angeles Zoo welcomed the birth of a baby gorilla, the fifth and latest addition in a recent baby boom of ...

Every morning while the great apes of the L.A. Zoo are sleeping, Tania Prebble goes around distributing their food, medicine and other essentials. She tosses carrots, celery and other fibrous treats ...

Great apes share human-like social circles, but chimpanzees and bonobos differ in how selectively they maintain close social bonds. A new international study led by researchers from Utrecht University ...

The Los Angeles Zoo has celebrated its fifth great ape birth of the year with the arrival of a western lowland gorilla infant on Saturday, Nov. 22, adding to a remarkable string of births that have ...

Joy—fleeting woo-hoo moments like "catching the perfect wave"—is felt by many diverse animals, and researchers want to know ...

British primatologist Jane Goodall imitated chimpanzees, sat with them in trees and shared their bananas during her trail-blazing research in Tanzania into the apes' true nature. Acclaimed for her ...

The terms “ape,” “great ape,” “monkey,” “primate,” and “gorilla” are often used interchangeably, but they describe very different groups within the animal kingdom. While gorillas are a type of ape, ...

A new review of recent studies shows that chimpanzees use some of the same medicinal plants as humans. In Uganda, the great apes have been observed applying plants with known beneficial phytochemicals ...