New research shows that apes have a better memory than some humans. A research team studied a group of apes as the animals were shown photos of old friends — some of which they hadn’t seen in over 25 ...

Great apes are humans' closest relatives in the animal kingdom. As much as 98.8% of their DNA is shared, but while the number of humans living on Earth is increasing fast, other great apes are in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Johns Hopkins study shows a bonobo can engage in pretend play, reshaping views of animal imagination. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY ...

Juvenile orangutan pulling its mother’s hair. Source: BOS Foundation BPI, used with permission. Are humans the only animals with a mischievous sense of humor? Where did our ability to joke with one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The largest primate ever to walk the Earth went extinct because it could not adapt to its changing environment, with the mighty ...

To get treats, apes eagerly pointed them out to humans who didn't know where they were, a seemingly simple experiment that demonstrated for the first time that apes will communicate unknown ...

A fourth ape has died of a shigella infection amid an outbreak at a Florida zoo. The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens shared the unfortunate news in a Facebook post. “As we continue to address the ...

In a new research paper published in Science, cognitive scientists from Johns Hopkins University reported on a bonobo’s ability to participate in shared imaginative play that was previously considered ...