Planet of the Apes officially weighs in on the debate over whether 100 humans can beat one gorilla in a fight, with an ...

How great apes are champions of empathy Long seen as the champions of empathy, bonobos actually share this title with their chimpanzee cousins. Age plays a crucial role in the empathy of these great ...

However, observations by Dr. Surbeck and his team, and those of other researchers, challenge the harmonious stereotyping of ...

Chimpanzees are often cast as a mirror to our darkest tendencies, embodying violence, territoriality and power struggles. In ...

The lanky gibbon is known for its superb mastery of tree swinging, but how does it react to a simple hedgehog? Watch and see ...

Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative DNA conformations—referred ...

New research predicts the location of DNA sequences that can form structures besides the canonical double helix — non-B DNA — in the recently released telomere-to-telomere genomes of the great apes, ...

Now, a team of researchers, led by Penn State biologists, has comprehensively predicted the location of non-B DNA structures in great apes. It’s the first step in understanding functions and evolution ...

A new study reveals that Sumatran orangutans in zoos explore more frequently and in more complex ways than wild orangutans, ...