In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question still lingers—was it worth it?

Red Ruffed Lemurs love bananas. It’s something you know if you are a caretaker at the Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens like Andew Zamora, the animal caretaker. The Naples Zoo offers visitors free boat ...

Discover the touching story of Punch, a Japanese macaque who formed a unique bond with a plush toy after being abandoned by ...

For years, animal welfare activists have argued that Oregon Health & Science University should close the Oregon National Primate Research Center. On Thursday, the facility’s opponents achieved a ...

This Georgia refuge lets you walk among roaming peacocks monkeys and gentle giant tigers offering rare encounters and ...

Two Puerto Rican crested toads at the Fort Worth Zoo hop toward the Seattle Seahawks logo, making their pick for Super Bowl LX in a playful video shared by the zoo.

With majestic rainforests, volcanoes, and an extraordinary story of wildlife conservation, Rwanda—roughly the size of Maryland—offers travelers a captivating journey in compact form.

A new study comparing 59 species of primates linked same-sex sexual behavior to scarce resources and more predators in socially complex species. The findings show diverse sexual behaviors are common — ...

As animals go about their lives — eating, fighting, having babies — they don’t always follow the script laid out for them by Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Not every behavior furthers the cause ...

While homophobes have long claimed that homosexuality “isn’t natural,” a newly published study found over 59 different primate species that exhibit same-sex sexual behaviors (SSB). This finding ...

Same-sex behaviors seem to be common among rhesus macaques. Charles J. Sharp via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Humans aren’t the only creatures engaging in same-sex sexual activities. To date, ...

Humans are far from the only primates engaging in same-sex sexual activity. A new study found instances in which 59 nonhuman primate species, including bonobos, chimpanzees and macaques, have taken ...