Other than a tuft of dark hair on its head, the infant ape is mostly hairless ... and there are now fewer than 200,000 living in the wild, Burns said. Dozens are swinging from trees and structures ...

University of Oxford scientists, working with a local team in the Budongo Forest, filmed and recorded incidents of the ...

A study in Uganda shows how often chimps use medicinal plants and other forms of health care — and what that says about the roots of human medicine.

The gorillas are the only great ape species whose population is growing. The balance of cautious hope and realistic awareness is at the center of the celebrated Remembering Wildlife photography ...

Kanzi showed apes have the capacity for language, but in recent years scientists have questioned the ethics of ape experiments.

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 ...

In 2024, the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens battled a bacterial infection that killed five apes. Here's how the zoo navigated ...

For example, the word "ape" can be combined with other words to ... France recorded thousands of vocalizations from three groups of wild chimpanzees in the Taï National Park in Ivory Coast.

Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed using medicinal plants - in multiple ways - to treat open wounds and other injuries. University of Oxford scientists, working with a local team in the ...