Human activities such as mining, agriculture, urbanization, damming and logging threaten the habitats of great apes in Africa and Asia. Apes have shown resilience to these disruptions by adapting ...

Leipzig Zoo in central Germany is a world-leading center of great ape research. Recent studies have seen chimpanzees there ...

Babies playfully tease others as young as eight months of age. Since language is not required for this behavior, similar kinds of playful teasing might be present in non-human animals. Now cognitive ...

In a study of great apes' playful antics, chimpanzees seemed to enjoy slapping adults, especially those that were dozing off. foshie via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 DEED Teasing, poking and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Researchers have identified a new species of great ape that lived ...

In a prior post, I discussed how tickling behavior in the modern Great Apes very likely echoes the first and simplest form of humor used by the last common ancestor (LCA) of apes and humans. It’s ...

An ape habitat at the Memphis Zoo is temporarily closed after a group of guests taunted the ape, who then broke an interior glass. The moment was captured on camera and has since gone viral. The ...

Ancient apes in Germany co-existed by partitioning resources in their environment, according to a new study. Ancient apes in Germany co-existed by partitioning resources in their environment, ...