Your laughter might be older than you think! A new study reveals that the rhythmic pattern of human laughter has remained consistent for at...

Rakus, the orangutan in Sumatra, surprised scientists by self-medicating a facial wound with Akar Kuning plant, questioning human uniquenes...

Rakus, a male Sumatran orangutan, demonstrated remarkable behavior after sustaining a facial wound in a fight. Researchers observed him tre...

The study does not determine on which continent the great ape family first arose. However, fossil records show that Africa, Europe, and Asi...

The species Gigantopithecus blacki, which once lived in southern China, represents the largest great ape known to scientists - standing 10 ...

There is a sense of delicious longing that accompanies a second visit to a destination that constitutes a past serendipity. And when it tra...

The 66-year-old industrialist has over nine million followers on Twitter. Few months back, Mahindra also shared a clip in which a man could...

Nine great apes at the San Diego Zoo - four orangutans and five bonobos - made veterinary history in recent weeks as the world's first non-...

Great imitators: The apes in the care of humans tend to mimic the actions of their caregivers—using sign language, washing clothes and even...

London, June 22 (IANS) Researchers have identified a new genus and species of now extinct gibbon in the tomb of an ancient Chinese noble wo...

London, Nov 3 (IANS) Scientists have identified an isolated population of orangutans living in Sumatra in Indonesia, which according to the...

London, Oct 13 (IANS) Researchers have found that the last common ancestor of apes and humans was likely small, probably weighing about 12 ...

Washington, Oct 12 (IANS) It appears our closest relatives, apes, might also be able to understand what others are thinking, even when it d...

Only humans were previously thought to have this ability of affective forecast, in which prior experiences are used to conjure up mental pi...

Humans mimick each other's facial expressions, which helps people get along. Dogs do the same to bond with other dogs, researchers said.

People who suffer from back pain may have vertebrae more like those of chimpanzees than of healthy humans, a new study suggests.

Indeed, it may be a measure of the rising stress levels of the game that there is hardly a team now whose members do not have beards.