Over the last four months, the L.A. Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three chimpanzees. Here's how staff are managing their care.

This video follows a behavioral experiment in which a bonobo is introduced to the mechanics of Pac-Man. Researchers study how ...

The practice of substituting humans with primates reaches back into art history.

The Nonhuman Rights Project, a legal advocacy organization that has been advocating for the rights of seven chimpanzees at the DeYoung Family Zoo in Wallace has filed an application with the Michigan ...

A small brain region reacts strongly to chimp calls. This shows that our voice system links to older primate signals.

Chimpanzee calls activate key human brain voice regions, revealing ancient neural links that may reshape our understanding of language origins.

Male bonobos are able to decipher confusing fertility signals from females, say scientists. Most female mammals are only ...

In a Ugandan forest, rangers are trying to build trust with chimpanzee communities. They want the apes to tolerate humans so ...

Ainebyona and others involved in chimp conservation in this remote Ugandan rainforest say they aim for the kind of communion ...

Few figures in history have done more to change our understanding of the natural world. We celebrate Jane Goodall’s remarkable life with rare images from the National Geographic archives. Ethologist, ...

Description: Chimpanzees in Gabon have been observed using bugs as a possible antiseptic, but what's more surprising is that they're applying this remedy to one another in what may be a form of ...

For something so admired, so synonymous with merit, the concept of intelligence is remarkably poorly understood. Our society operates on the assumption that people with greater intelligence deserve ...