Between 2000 and 2023, more than 6,000 African primates were traded internationally in 50 countries, according to a newly published report. Endangered chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and critically ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, as well as Rocky Vista University (U.S.), show that gorillas spend much more time in the trees than previously thought. Gorillas ...

The successes of the pioneering women’s collectives have inspired the formation of similar initiatives in other villages ...

A study of 140 laughter sequences found the same rhythmic timing pattern in humans, chimps, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans.

Gorillas may have greater self-awareness than scientists previously thought. A new study finds that gorillas perform just as well as chimpanzees in tests that require awareness of their own bodies. A ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred The Los Angeles Zoo welcomed the birth of a ...

Chimpanzees' lethal attacks on gorillas in the wild have been observed for the first time, a team of researchers has said. Experts observing dozens of chimps at Loango National Park in Gabon had ...

Great apes, comprising chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orang-utans, exhibit complex population dynamics shaped by social structure, reproductive rates and spatial movements across fragmented ...

Tarzan has long since made pals of the chimps, but gorillas still have a terrible reputation. This is enhanced by the ...

Ape minds have long been treated as clues to humanity’s past. Compare a chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, or orangutan with a person, the logic goes, and you might catch a glimpse of when key mental ...