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The great apes' guide to human nature

What can chimpanzees teach us about ourselves? A lot, says Craig Stanford, who's spent three decades studying the lives of our closest cousins. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...
The Conversation

The darker side of human rights for great apes

Patricia MacCormack does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
Phys.org

Great apes are humans' closest relatives, but many are endangered by illegal trading

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 Earth is increasing fast, other great apes are in ...
Mongabay

As apes adapt to human disturbance, their new behaviors also put them at risk: Study

Worldwide, the most frequent causes of disturbances to ape habitats are land conversion for agriculture or logging, a recent study concludes. The study found that the most common ways apes adapted to ...
The Conversation

Great apes are humans’ closest relatives, but many are endangered by illegal trading. Here’s what needs to be done

Prof Matyas Liptovszky is a director of Wilder International, and in a voluntary capacity affiliated with the European Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Great apes are humans’ closest relatives in ...