If it weren't for Sultan and his primate clan, the study of animal behavior would have taken a very different path. Sultan, a ...

Researchers now have compared laughter in humans to laughter in the various great apes - chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and ...

A century ago, millions of chimpanzees roamed across Africa, sharing 98.6 percent of our DNA and even crafting their own ...

Mules are remarkable animals. The hybrid combination of a female horse and a male donkey, the mule, has been in service to mankind since ancient times. They were first mentioned ...

We have changed from wanting animals to understand human language to wanting to understand how they communicate with each ...

The finding raises profound questions about the species' biology, culture and possible sex‑specific burial practices.

A new protein analysis of Homo naledi skeletons reveals a curious twist—none of them seem to have Y chromosomes.

Goodall also launched projects under JGI to support young African girls by offering them access to reproductive health education and through scholarships to finance their college education. Goodall ...

Rockhampton Zoo is hand-rearing a chimp whose mother dropped it from a height by accident hours after giving birth.

Physically, Homo sapiens is not that special in the animal world. But the species has discovered ways of finding food and beating the odds of survival in every habitat from jungle to Arctic wasteland.

For all the diversity of the human condition, one experience is almost universally painful: adolescence. It's also unusual. Most other species pass from puberty to adulthood quickly, but humans linger ...