Apes

Whether you enjoy pictures of mighty adult apes or their tiny and adorable offspring, it is most important to recognize that gorillas are endangered. Represented by two species -- the eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei) and western gorilla ...  

Intense fighting between rebel factions and the Congolese army spread to Virunga Park this week, threatening a critical UNESCO world heritage site and the endangered mountain gorillas. In an email conversation, Emmanuel de Merode confirmed that there was ...  

They are already tracking a HIV-like virus called simian foamy virus, and fear more viruses could spread and lead to a global health crisis. 80 per cent of the meat eaten in Cameroon is killed in the wild and is known as ‘bushmeat’,with gorilla ...  

Fact: Humans and apes share a common ancestor. In that sense, we are apes. Reaction from educated people: It’s awe-inspiring that all living things share common ancestors! Reaction from Creationist Ken Ham: HOW DARE YOU CALL ME AN APE?! Ham sees the whole idea as an insult and the fact that the San Diego Zoo [...]  

For the first time ever, conservationists have captured video footage of Cross River gorillas in their natural environment, thanks to a camera trap secreted in a forest in Cameroon. The elusive gorillas are some of the most elusive animals on Earth.  

The orangutan handlers at the Miami Zoo are testing out a new method of communicating with the captive orange apes. Trainers at Jungle Island are getting the apes to interact with simplistic apps on Apple iPads, opening new possibilities for human-orangutan interaction. So far, as the Sun Sentinel reports, the younger apes are taking to the technology quickly, while the older orangutans appear less interested....  

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A gorilla named Motuba that lives at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo got into a fight sometime last week and ended up with a broken jaw. Motuba is a 27-year-old silverback gorilla and zoo officials believe that Motuba likely got in a fight with the younger gorilla seeking a more dominant position in the tribe. Read The Full Story  

In what is described as the best footage to date, the elusive Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) has been caught on tape. The video above, from conservationists at the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary in Cameroon, shows the primates milling ...  

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M is playing an important role in improving the visitor experience at one of the nation’s most beloved attractions. New acoustic tiles installed this week in the Great Ape House at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., are helping dramatically reduce noise levels, and allowing visitors to better appreciate the animals and their habitat. The Great Ape House, home to six western lowland gorillas...  

Conservationists with the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have found that larger male gorillas living in the rainforests of Congo seem to be more successful than smaller ones at attracting mates and even raising young.  

Bristol Zoo's baby gorilla Kukena takes some of his first steps as he ventures out of his enclosure with his mother Salome at Bristol Zoo's Gorilla Island on May 4, 2012 in Bristol, England. The seven-month-old western lowland gorilla is starting to find his feet as he learns to walk having been born at the zoo in September. Kukena joins a family of gorillas at the zoo that are part of an international conservation breeding programme for the...  

Conservationists working in Cameroon’s Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary have collected the first camera trap video footage of the Cross River gorilla. With fewer than 250 individuals remaining, Cross River gorillas are the world’s rarest gorilla and a notoriously elusive species rarely observed directly by field researchers.  

Lowland gorillas are found in Kahuzi Biega, and Tshiabirimu National Parks in Walikale, DR Congo. They are different from mountain gorillas. Dr Jean Felix Kinani of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (MGVP) said Ihirwe's blood samples were collected ...  

A family of six orangutans at Miami's Jungle Island Zoological Park have been introduced to Apple iPads in an effort to bridge the communication gap between humans and the endangered animals. Finally, a believable explanation for how apes will get smart enough to enslave their human overlords -- had we only taken 20th Century Fox's Planet of the Apes franchise seriously. Today, the Herald Sun reported the orangutans -- who share 97% of their...