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

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

Navigating the terminology of “ape,” “great ape,” “monkey,” “primate,” and “gorilla” can be confusing, as each term refers to ...

Magherafelt contractor Henry Brothers Construction has been selected to deliver a new £25 million Global Conservation Centre ...

If these 10 animals went to school, they’d definitely be the class toppers because of their incredible intelligence, ...

Many scientists see evidence of language in the sounds animals put together, but they may be kidding themselves.

Human infants receive up to 400 times more direct vocal communication than baby bonobos and nearly 70 times more than baby ...

Great apes – bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans – all emit play calls that acoustically resemble human chuckles.

Each evening, before turning in for the night, orangutans “make their beds,” building leafy nests of twigs and foliage to ...

Anybody who has ever struggled to get enough sleep knows just how much in life can interfere with our rest, and just how ...

The biggest improvement: no bars between animals and people. Just large, glass windows. And, it “rained” at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. to replicate the apes’ natural environment and keep foliage ...