Apes include a rather broad range of simians (higher primates) from the Old World. Generally, if it’s not a monkey, people ...

Humankind's tangled shrub of ancestry now has a new branch: Researchers in the Philippines announced today that they have discovered a species of ancient human previously unknown to science.. The ...

Binti Jua, a Western Lowland Gorilla, rescued an unconscious 3-year-old boy who fell into the Brookfield Zoo's ape pit ...

Right behind CBS, scoring four wins apiece were ABC, CNN and Nat Geo. Winners of the news categories were presented Wednesday by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at the Palladium ...

Mezcal is more popular than ever—why that’s bad news for bats. As consumption of the drink hits record levels in the U.S., wild agave plants are dwindling—but conservationists say there's a ...