Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

"This work uncovered novel adaptive signatures in genes related to diet, immune response and cellular activity, offering precise insights into the evolutionary pressures shaping great ape genomes," ...

( NEXSTAR) — This week, a Texas-based biosciences company, which aims to “de-extinct” animal species of the past (and ones ...

DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...

Colossal Biosciences claims it has revived an extinct species, but scientists outside the company are skeptical.

The BioPark is taking the month of April to celebrate the great apes they have in the zoo. As part of Great Ape-ril, the ...

A zookeeper described the 43-year-old orangutan who has lived at the zoo his whole life as an intelligent, thoughtful ...

Mysuru: Minnie, 11-year-old orangutan housed in Mysuru Zoo who was diagnosed with pneumonia for the third time since Aug, is ...

After learning how to survive independently in the jungle, she has been allowed to return to her home in the Busang Ecosystem ...

Ape Initiative, a research organization in the city of Des Moines dedicated to the study and conservation of endangered bonobos (Pan paniscus) and where Kanzi lived since 2004, said he died ...