"We were trying to figure out what exactly it is that the gibbons are really saying to one another. We wouldn’t refer to it as language, per se, because it doesn’t have the same types of ...

Chimps, gibbons and other primates are not just humans’ evolutionary cousins; a new analysis suggests they are also our blood brothers. The A, B and O blood types in people evolved at least 20 ...

The authors attribute the explosion in gibbon diversity to a type of ‘jumping gene’ — a stretch of DNA that can change its position in the genome — that is found in gibbons alone among the ...

Scientists have recorded lar gibbons singing together in a pattern that matches how we humans sing. BBC Homepage. ... Here's one for the Star Wars fans: there are 20 different types of gibbon, ...

Valentine's day is over but love's call lingers: the Skywalker gibbons' mating song, scientists reported this week, has revealed a previously unknown population—the largest in the world—of the ...