A new study from Indiana University discovered that bonobos, humans’ closest living relatives, make similar vocalizations ...

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

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

Isaac Kidder has many influences that guided the direction for creating Inner Peace, one of the works included in this year’s ...

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

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

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, ...

Doug Corwin knew there was a problem at his family's commercial duck farm in Long Island when he spotted scores of dead or lethargic birds during ...

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

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.