Gorillas and chimpanzees, though sharing DNA and habitats, exhibit distinct characteristics. Gorillas, the largest primates, ...

Chimpanzees are often cast as a mirror to our darkest tendencies, embodying violence, territoriality and power struggles. In contrast, bonobos are known as the most empathetic ape, heralded as the ...

A new study finds humanity's closest living relatives will chew plants and apply makeshift poultices to wounds, and use ...

A new report published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution provides fresh clues on the origin of human ...

Deep in the rainforest, the monkeys are yodeling. Their wild calls echo across the foliage, sending signals of sex and ...

The human body abounds with vestigial features, but this one seems to be slowly disappearing, and there's an easy way to ...

New research on the rhythmic drumming and complex calls of chimpanzees could point scientists to the origins of language.

Not only do chimpanzees maintain a rhythm while drumming on tree roots, but two subspecies use distinct tempos and techniques ...

Over 15 months on Jicarón Island, researchers saw five capuchin juveniles abduct 11 endangered howler monkey infants — all for no clear purpose.

A groundbreaking study led by researchers from the University of Oxford and published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ...

Discover why your body jerks before sleep, from evolutionary survival mechanisms to modern triggers like caffeine and stress.

Scientists have found new evidence for how our fossil human relatives in South Africa may have used their hands. Researchers investigated variation in finger bone morphology to determine that South ...