The Number That Explains Almost Nothing Gorillas and humans share 98.3% of their DNA. That figure comes from genome ...

A viral video of a young gorilla bursting into laughter-like sounds while being gently tickled by a familiar human caretaker ...

New research from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the University of Turku reveals that female mountain gorillas, like humans and a handful of other mammals, can live long ...

Pequeño is a breaking news reporter who covers tech and more. A University of Warwick study published Thursday found that humans and all four other living great ape species—chimpanzees, bonobos, ...

I once took an anthropology class to learn about humans. We went to the zoo to observe primate behavior. I asked my friend Nanda Grow about the behavior you describe – throwing poop. She’s a ...

Kiyomasa the gorilla has gone viral after being filmed in a human-like 'thinking pose' following a reported disagreement at a Japanese zoo ...

Deep in the rainforest of Volcanoes National Park, a 23-year-old female gorilla named Kurudi feeds on a stand of wild celery. She bends the green stalks and, with long careful fingers, peels off the ...

COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- Sick of the rain? So were these gorillas as they held their babies close and shuffled to avoid the raindrops. In the video, the primates sit in a dry spot at the Riverbanks ...