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

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

"I don't know about you, but Tallulah's feeling 22," read a banner as the ape investigated from above. Red and white gallon ...

New research suggests gorillas may be just as self-aware as chimpanzees, despite struggling with the mirror test.

It is published in the journal Animal Behaviour. Primates, including both monkeys and great apes, live in complex social environments where paying attention to others is crucial for interaction ...

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 ...

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

Our team’s research modelled the anatomy of these early humans, Australopithecus afarensis, to find out how well they could ...

This study is the first to explore social memory development in non-human great apes. It is published in the journal Animal Behaviour. Primates, including both monkeys and great apes, live in ...