A favorite graphic designer used to admonish me when I complained about limiting conditions to our work. He said restrictions are great — they spur creativity. I find that theory pops up in a new ...

A recent video featuring a gorilla named Koko appearing to use sign language to warn man of the dangers of global warming was staged, and animal communication experts say there is no way a gorilla ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago opened its new Tropical Forests primate habitat Friday, featuring an expanded space for the zoo’s first troop of bachelor gorillas and endangered black-handed spider monkeys ...

Chewed plants prove a simple, noninvasive way to test primates for viruses Infectious diseases introduced by humans pose one of the greatest threats to survival of great apes in the wild Simple ...

Some behaviors are instinctive and others have to be learned. This is as true for people as it is for the other members of the animal kingdom. Perhaps you, like me, may have thought until this moment ...