Chimps and Bonobos Can Recognize Long-Lost Friends and Familyby University of California - BerkeleyThe research expands our understanding of long-term memory in animals and how it evolved
NewsHumans Can Recognize and Understand Chimpanzee and Bonobo Gesturesby PLOSPeople playing an online game correctly identified more than half of common great ape gestures
NewsScientists Study Tourists to Protect Great Apesby University of ExeterTourists' willingness to comply with disease prevention measures can help protect great apes
NewsGreat Ape Assessment Reveals Human Activity Is Greatest Driver of Ape Abundanceby Wildlife Conservation SocietyGDP, roads, agricultural land, and human population density are the strongest factors predicting abundance
NewsHuman Ancestors Were 'Grounded,' New Analysis Showsby New York UniversityThe analysis adds a new chapter to evolution, shedding additional light on what preceded human bipedalism
NewsTo Tool or Not to Tool?by University of ViennaTool-use in animals is a rare and often quickly rated as intelligent due to its striking nature
NewsContact with Monkeys and Apes Puts Populations at Riskby PLOSZoonotic diseases now constitute more than 60 percent of emerging infectious diseases
NewsRethinking the Orangutanby Cardiff UniversityHow 70,000 years of human interaction have shaped an icon of wild nature
News'Uniquely Human' Muscles Have Been Discovered in Apesby FrontiersApes also have muscles long-believed to be only present in humans and used for walking on two legs, using complex tools, and sophisticated facial and vocal communication
NewsWorld's Rarest Ape on the Edge of Extinctionby James Cook UniversityResearchers say the most imminent threat is a planned U.S. $1.6 billion mega-dam—the Batang Toru project
NewsWhy Aren't Humans "Knuckle-Walkers"?by Case Western Reserve UniversityOur closest biological relatives, the African apes, are the only animals that walk on their knuckles; CWRU researchers discovered why