Colchester Zoo has announced the arrival of Napoleon, a new male chimpanzee. This follows just days after the tragic loss of Tombe, the much-loved member of the zoo’s chimpanzee family. Tombe, who was ...

Scientists have successfully reconstructed the face of Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis, providing a ...

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Sedgwick County Zoo officials have announced the birth of a baby girl chimpanzee.  The ...

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

“Seeing Lucy’s face is like glimpsing a bridge to the distant past, offering a visual connection to human evolution,” Brazil’s Cicero Moraes, a pioneer in the field of forensic facial reconstructions, ...

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

For a certain cachet of gamers, the most exciting Nintendo game of this year doesn’t have karts or smash-happy apes in them, ...

Three million years after she walked the Earth, the face of Lucy - one of humanity's most important ancestors - has been brought to life like never before. Thanks to a detailed di ...

The country has been known as a hub for the trade in illegal wildlife. But it has been stepping up enforcement as concerns ...