Only four species of our cousins remain alive on earth today -- chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans -- and every one is at serious risk of extinction. If we lose them, we close an ...

After learning how to survive independently in the jungle, she has been allowed to return to her home in the Busang Ecosystem ...

The post said the chimpanzee “bit his finger hard enough ... “A few years ago, an orangutan named Rocky shattered bones in Dr. Shumaker’s finger during an interaction, and he completely ...

Complete human, chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, and orangutan genomes have provided us a window into understanding the complex speciation process of these species' common ancestor. Analyses of these ...

Unlike gorillas and chimpanzees—fellow great apes that live in groups and can be followed and observed relatively easily—orangutans live mostly solitary lives. They spend nearly all their time ...