From playgrounds to primate sanctuaries, a new study by the University of California in Santa Barbara in the US and the and University of Portsmouth in England suggests both chimpanzees and humans ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, as well as Rocky Vista University (U.S.), show that ...

Researchers found that both chimpanzees and young children prefer to watch videos of social interactions than videos of a ...

Researchers show that even large silverback gorillas spend a substantial amount of time in trees Bwindi mountain gorillas in ...

Bonobo facial expressions reveal complex communication; new system maps 28 moves from distinct muscle actions.

When we think of evolution, we think of slow, gradual changes in animal and plant species over millions, perhaps even hundreds of millions, of years.It took humans, for example, an estimated six ...

but research is showing that chimpanzees experience intense grief—just one of many emotions we share with our great ape cousins.

We like to draw a line between humans and animals, a clear divide built on memory, empathy, and invention. But that line ...

When Planet of the Apes premiered in 1968, audiences were stunned—not just by its twist ending, but by the sheer imagination of a world where apes ruled and humans were hunted, silenced and enslaved.

Goode, who also directed 'Tiger King,' responds to criticism that his shows are sensationalistic.

A camera trap in Gabon’s remote Batéké Plateau has captured the first recorded instance of a chimpanzee in the region using a ...