P rimates are a group of mammals that includes humans and our close relatives, such as apes, monkeys and lemurs. Monkeys, ...

The only great ape unique to Asia, orangutans are increasingly rare ... But there were bearcats, gibbons, a proboscis monkey, even six crocodiles." A look of disgust creases her face as we ...

Unlike gorillas and chimpanzees—fellow great apes that live in groups and can be followed and observed relatively easily—orangutans live mostly solitary lives. They spend nearly all their time ...

Now the 12-week-old male has been taken in by the European specialist orangutan creche at Monkey World – Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset, A spokeswoman for the centre said: “Sibu Junior was born ...

Police raided the home of a Chinese woman in Phuket after a neighbour spotted an orangutan inside the property.

Differences among the DNA of seven ape species—including humans—are greater than originally thought, according to an ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...