A rare and deliberate signal between a mother chimpanzee and her daughter raises new questions about ape communication, culture and the meaning of sharing a language ...

A new study sheds light on the role of sexual behavior in apes, which has implications for understanding its evolutionary ...

Bonobos, often seen as the “make love, not war” apes, are famous for using sexual behavior to smooth over conflicts. Chimps, ...

Gorillas may have greater self-awareness than scientists previously thought. A new study finds that gorillas perform just as ...

We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that ...

We share more than 97% of our genetic makeup with primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. But that doesn’t ...

“Bonobos and chimpanzees both live in very complex social structures with very rich social interactions that they have to ...

New research suggests that using sex to ease social tension may have roots going back more than six million years.

On a night in 1997, Benjamin Dauda killed a gorilla for the first time. Shrouding his lanky frame in dark fog, he stalked a ...

Fast-evolving DNA gives human neurons greater complexity than chimps, aiding cognition but also increasing disease risk. A ...

Toho Animation has shared a new trailer for Bellnox Films' The Darwin Incident anime series that will premier in 2026.