Apes include a rather broad range of simians (higher primates) from the Old World. Generally, if it’s not a monkey, people ...

Great apes – bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans – all emit play calls that acoustically resemble human chuckles.

Dubbed "allokelping," it might be a unique cultural phenomenon that's as endangered as the orca population itself ...

A new study from Indiana University discovered that bonobos, humans’ closest living relatives, make similar vocalizations ...

Customs officers said they stopped a plane passenger with a wriggling cargo of live snakes, the third such seizure this month ...

In February, customs officials at Mumbai airport also stopped a smuggler with five Siamang gibbons, a small ape native to the forests of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Those small creatures, listed ...

Indian custom officers in Mumbai said they caught a plane passenger, carrying 16 live snakes. The passenger was coming from ...

Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, which could suggest they ...