Analysis - Great apes are humans' closest relatives in the animal kingdom. As much as 98.8% of their DNA is shared, but while the number of humans living on the planet is increasing fast, other great ...

The mirror test has fascinated scientists for decades due to its simplicity and revealing nature. First introduced in 1970 by ...

Impact on Gorilla Preservation When Dian Fossey started her work in September 1967, the mountain gorilla population was ...

Great apes are humans' closest relatives in the animal kingdom. As much as 98.8% of their DNA is shared, but while the number ...

Over the last four months, the L.A. Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three ...

The L.A. Zoo recently welcomed five baby great apes: three chimps, one orangutan and a gorilla. The breeding process can be lengthy and includes tactics like taking primates off birth control and ...

When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for ...

Indonesia’s deadliest floods in decades have pushed the world’s rarest great ape closer to extinction, as scientists warn that vast swathes of forest critical to the survival of the Tapanuli orangutan ...

SIPIROK, Indonesia Dec 9 (Reuters) - Before the deadly landslides and floods hit Indonesia about two weeks ago, Amran Siagian, 39, frequently met Tapanuli orangutans on a hill in the region of Sipirok ...

The adorable baby orangutan was born on June 21, 2025. She quickly became well-known to spectators and social media followers for being hand-reared and later successfully fostered by Acara. The duo ...