We have changed from wanting animals to understand human language to wanting to understand how they communicate with each ...

Exploring these differences formed the crux of a new study that documented laughing patterns between primates — a very ...

The study compared laughter from four orangutans, two gorillas, three bonobos, four chimpanzees, and four human children, ...

Summary: Laughter is a universal human trait shared by all living great apes, including chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans. However, the exact evolutionary trajectory of laughter, and how ...

Chimpanzees are our closest living ancestors, however now researchers say, despite not being able to speak they have a complicated communication system. According to a new study, chimpanzees use ...

Bioacousticians are finding animal communication patterns once thought unique to humans — discoveries that challenge ideas about what makes human language special.

Bollywood stars are campaigning to end the use of elephants in Indian films, saying that life-size robot replicas and AI-generated images do the job without cruelty. Top directors, producers and ...

Walking through the savanna-woodland landscape of Boé National Park, Guinea-Bissau, you might encounter a tree covered in gnarled scars, with an accumulation of rocks surrounding its base. The ...

Great apes appear to build friendships much like humans do. By studying grooming behavior, researchers discovered that chimpanzees and bonobos form close inner circles along with wider networks of ...

The informal language, known as "mill talk," dates back at least to the early 1900s. Signs are used for job-specific tasks, general communication, and even humor among workers. This sign language is ...

Bubbles now resides at the Center for Great Apes in Florida PictureLux/The Hollywood Archive via Alamy; Center for Great Apes/Facebook Michael Jackson acquired his pet chimpanzee, Bubbles, in the ...