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

Kanzi the bonobo, who learned how to communicate with humans using symbols, has died at the age of 44. Raised and kept in ...

The famous ape reportedly knew thousands of words, loved Clint Eastwood movies, and was a big fan of video games.

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

A chimpanzee at San Francisco Zoo and Gardens who was said to be one of the oldest in the United States died this week at the ...

The findings support the idea that sex was already being used for social purposes by the last common ancestor of humans, bonobos, and chimpanzees.

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

Though Williams said he feels like a monkey, he appears in “Better Man” as a chimp — which is a great ape, but not a monkey. (Pamela Carter, a chimpanzee forest area manager at the Maryland ...

The film explores the characteristics and behaviors of four types of apes: the Gibbon, chimpanzee, orangutan, and gorilla. It highlights the unique traits of each species, such as the Gibbon's agility ...

On January 31, 1961, a chimpanzee named Ham became the first great ape to travel to space. His mission was crucial in proving that living beings could survive and function in microgravity. While his ...

Humans share this behavioural strategy with our closest living ape relatives – bonobos and chimpanzees. Now researchers, led by Durham University, UK, have undertaken what is thought to be one ...

An analysis reveals how the two primate species use sex to resolve conflicts. This suggests that the social function of sex ...