It's a cultural gem for music lovers, but families might think twice. This Tennessee city ranks among the worst places to ...

New evidence suggests an ancient primate lineage safely traveled from Africa to South America on a raft of vegetation. It was a one-in-a-million chance—and it happened more than once.

Great apes – bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans – all emit play calls that acoustically resemble human chuckles.

While laughter is often considered uniquely human, tied to language and sense of humor, all great apes produce remarkably ...

Research led by the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing has discovered that switching on a single dormant ...

Our recent research suggests that twins were actually the norm much further back in primate evolution, rather than an unusual ...

Each evening, before turning in for the night, orangutans “make their beds,” building leafy nests of twigs and foliage to ...

Apes lived in this changing environment, which helped shape their evolution.Their behavior and diet were influenced by the landscape.

From playgrounds to primate sanctuaries, a new study by the University of California in Santa Barbara in the US and the and ...

A new study shows that both chimpanzees and young children are drawn to watching social interactions—sometimes even at a cost ...

Her curiosity piqued by a spate of Bigfoot-related coincidences, columnist searches for answers about the legendary, elusive, ...

The National Institutes of Health has renewed its funding for OHSU’s Oregon National Primate Research Center, awarding $13.7 million for 2026.