Human activities such as agriculture, logging, and urbanization are increasingly encroaching on the habitats of great apes.

Despite startling breakthroughs, the first words and signs of great apes are rarely publicly celebrated by scientists.

Siamangs are the largest of the 20 gibbon species, and belong to their own genus, Symphalangus. Distributed across Sumatra, ...

Bonobos create complex, meaningful combinations of calls resembling human language, challenging assumptions about humans’ uniqueness.

South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, home to early human fossils, reopened after three years, offering tourists a chance to ...

Primates are a group of mammals that includes humans and our close relatives, such as apes, monkeys and lemurs. Monkeys, such as capuchins and macaques; prosimians, like lemurs and tarsiers; lesser ...

A new study explores how kissing evolved with the help of science, tracing it back to early grooming behaviors in ancient ...

Chimpanzees demonstrated their intelligence by using war strategies to kill the enemy that seemed exclusive to the human ...

It turns out that we animals who crave sugar have a very important historical biological need for it: Sugar means calories.

He joins the likes of a returning franchise star Dan Stevens and fellow new recruits Kaitlyn Dever, Jack O’Connell, Delroy ...