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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

A myth repeated so often in museums, textbooks, and nature documentaries that most people accept it as dogma is that humans ...

Andy Serkis emphasizes artistic integrity in adapting Orwell's 'Animal Farm,' focusing on storytelling over catering to ...

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 ...

Bill S-15 would phase out keeping elephants and great apes in captivity in Canada, except for conservation or animal welfare purposes, but allow those already in Canadian zoos to remain.