We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially ...

Researchers utilized recently published telomere-to-telomere genomes of humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and two ...

A 2024 shigella outbreak killed five Jacksonville Zoo apes. What you should know about the highly contagious illness that can ...

People have been left in awe of a man who spent weeks studying how bonobos communicate and managed to mimic their behaviors ...

Chimpanzees can combine vocal calls to form new meanings. This suggests a primitive form of syntax, hinting at the roots of ...

We can’t help ourselves. We are, after all, merely apes — or at least close enough relatives to share 98.7% of their DNA.

Humans are the only species on Earth known to use language. They do this by combining sounds into words and words into ...

At first glance, it’s easy to dismiss the ecological significance of Mbalmayo Forest Reserve in southern Cameroon, one of ...

Chimpanzees combine hoots, calls and grunts to convey far more concepts than with single sounds alone. It may be a first among nonhuman animals.

Chimpanzees don’t just drum with distinct rhythms but have their own signature styles, a new study of apes in East and West ...

Inversely, humans — which are also apes — have long legs and shorter arms. Apes also have a larger brain relative to their body size than monkeys do, which has critical implications for ...