A seven-million-year-old skull found in Chad sits at the center of a long argument about human origins. The species, ...

From tiger recoveries and chimpanzee genetics to AI conservation tools, this accessible overview includes exciting research ...

Dian Fossey was a zoologist who spent decades studying the elusive mountain gorillas of Congo and Rwanda before she was ...

In many parts of the U.S., it’s legal to own animals that most people only ever see in the wild or at the zoo. These include everything from large predators to rainforest species with very specific ...

Paramount Pictures has released an intense new featurette for Primate, the upcoming animal horror flick from Johannes Roberts (Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City), and it does a much better job of ...

When researchers at the University of Geneva slid participants into an MRI scanner and played them a series of vocalizations—from humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, and rhesus macaques—they expected to see ...

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK, Uganda -- The man tracking chimpanzee movements in a rainforest is required to follow the primates wherever they go — except up in the trees. Onesmas Ainebyona stalks the chimps ...

Humans don’t just recognize each other’s voices—our brains also light up for the calls of chimpanzees, hinting at ancient communication roots shared with our closest primate relatives. Researchers ...

Outright anger is fairly easy to identify, but passive-aggressive behavior can be a little more subtle. Although those who engage in it think it has no consequences, it can actually do everything from ...

Video by @cincinnatizooBaby bonobo Daisy! Bonobos live in a matriarchal society, where females lead the group and keep the peace! 💪💕 Unlike their chimp cousins, bonobos rely on cooperation and ...