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 ...

Friendly associations between gorillas and chimpanzees in the wild can persist for decades, and may originate around food sharing and defense against predators. When you purchase through links on our ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. At first glance, monkeys like this baboon (left) may seem similar to apes like this gorilla ...

While at VMworld 2012 last week, I couldn’t help noticing the large number of startup companies, row after row of them. So many small tech companies, most of which I had never heard of before, all ...

Primatologist Mireya Mayor breaks down 10 monkey and ape attacks in movies, including "King Kong," based on realism. Mayor debunks common misconceptions about the behavior and appearance of the great ...

This week’s horror-comedy release “The Monkey,” from writer-director Osgood Perkins, is based on a Stephen King short story, and stars Theo James as twins still tormented by a toy monkey from their ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The video above is from a previous report. Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens announced the death of their Silverback Gorilla Lash on Thursday. He was one of the zoo's oldest ...

Monkeys in movies can be fun, unsettling, or downright evil. Examples include Ozymandias, the monkeys in Jumanji, and the ...

On its face, a comparison of monkeys and apes seems straightforward: Modern primates have defining physical features and behaviors that clearly sort them in different categories. Beginning with living ...