Dawn of the Planet of the Apes! A sequel that everyone expected to just be meh…and then some people thought it was meh? Seems unlikely. But let's take a walk through it. Here's everything right ...

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Great apes aren't so different from humans when it comes to certain social interactions, they too enjoy making funny faces, poking one another, randomly pulling hair and other forms of teasing ...

Mining for minerals and metals essential to a clean energy future may have unprecedented impacts on apes. Areas with high densities of great apes—including gorillas, bonobos, and chimpanzees ...

Great apes have a penchant for joking and clowning around, according to a new study — a finding that sheds new light on the origins of human humor. All species of great apes tease, tweak and ...

A group of researchers recently discovered that these great apes use humor just like humans do. Erica Cartmill is a professor of anthropology at Indiana University studying primate humor.

Great apes may have cognitive foundations for language. So why haven’t they evolved languages of their own? By Tom Hawking. Published Nov 26, 2024 2:00 PM EST.

Freedom for Great Apes, a Central Oregon sanctuary for primates, has closed its doors and transferred its remaining animals to a larger facility in Texas. Four chimpanzees who lived in the Tumalo ...

We don't give great apes enough credit for tickling, poking, and teasing each other. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday.

With baby gorillas fetching up to $550,000, the illicit trade is booming as demand for African great apes rises in China, the Middle East, and Pakistan. A female bonobo feeds fruit to her baby at ...

Life Great apes like teasing each other - which may be the origin of humour. Chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans and gorillas frequently toy with their peers by poking, tickling or stealing from them ...