For over two decades, André Bauma has been committed to the welfare of orphaned mountain gorillas living in the Virunga ...

Chandler kept files of potential similes, like “It was cold as a nun’s breeches,” “He sipped like a hummingbird drinking dew ...

They may have been unethical, potentially dangerous and somewhat sexist … but each of these classic adverts, from the PG Tips monkeys to the Tango slapper, caught the public’s imagination ...

A viral video of a young gorilla bursting into laughter-like sounds while being gently tickled by a familiar human caretaker ...

Maymo the Dog crosses paths with a stuffed gorilla and falls completely and utterly head over heels in love.

You may have seen the name Dr. Rebeca Atencia — but we want you to meet her and know more about her story, too. The head veterinarian at the Jane Goodall Institute’s Tchimpounga Sanctuary, and the ...

Across the forests of central and western Africa, two of the most remarkable primates on Earth live very different lives despite sharing a close evolutionary relationship with humans. Chimpanzees and ...

A new study found human laughter shares a 15-million-year-old rhythm with great apes, offering fresh clues about the ...

Bonobo male Kikongo making 'happy' grin faces at the Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 2010 ...

Humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways since branching off the evolutionary tree, a new study suggests. How do we know this? Researchers tickled 13 captive apes — including gorillas, ...

It turns out that the chuckles of humans and great apes follow similar rhythms, with regular timing between their laughs, a uniting thread that likely reflects their ties to a common ancestor, ...

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 ...