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, ...

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 recent study suggests that playful teasing behaviors in chimps, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans might serve a deeper purpose in social bonding. It seems playful pokes, tickling and fake-outs aren’t ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have examined how social models influence memory in great apes. They presented young and adult apes with ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists suspect climate change is the culprit behind extinction of the largest species of great apes to ever walk the planet. The specios Gigantopithecus blacki, which lived for about ...