Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of why the largest ape ever ... This habitat change and the ape's inability to adapt ultimately doomed the species, the researchers found.

“It’s just a massive animal—just really, really big,” study co-author Renaud ... to this changing plant community.” While other ape species in the area adjusted their diets and behavior ...

An endangered species of ape, a siamang, was born at ZooTampa at Lowry Park last Sunday night. The zoo called it “a sign of ...

Little is known about the ape as only a few fossils are known, including this jawbone A fossilised tooth left behind by the largest ape that ... our own evolution as a species over a very long ...

The commercial trade in bushmeat, which occurs throughout west and central Africa, is today the biggest threat to gorillas. Apes are being killed to primarily to supply high-end demand for meat in ...

How did humans evolve into the big-brained, bipedal ape that we are ... There was a great diversity of ape species in the Miocene, with dozens of species known from the fossil record across ...