This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Los Angeles Zoo welcomed the birth of a baby gorilla, the fifth and latest addition in a recent baby boom of ...

Watch as an adorable baby chimpanzee pulls faces to passing visitors at Dallas Zoo. Footage shared on social media on Saturday (13 September) shows Makutu interacting with people behind a glass wall, ...

Human communication is a complex weave of words and gestures — a mix of vocal and visual signals. "People use vocal and visual communication in a very rich and combined way," says Joseph Mine, a ...

Punch-kun the monkey has won over visitors with his adorable toy companion A baby monkey has gone viral after clips online show him growing attached to a stuffed animal Known as Punch-kun, he was ...

Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This ...

A new report finds thousands of African primates, including chimpanzees and gorillas, are being traded both legally and illegally. Most of the legal trade in great apes is for scientific and zoo ...

For years, two sets of chimpanzees lived as one in Uganda’s Kibale National Park — grooming, interacting and patrolling their territory in a cohesive community. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

Killing neighbours and taking over their lands led to a baby boom for a chimpanzee community in Uganda — potentially showing why it can be advantageous for chimps to start wars. To shed light on this, ...