Research has shown the average member measures around 5.2 inches when erect, whereas for chimps it's only 3.1 inches. Despite their size, gorillas only display an average of just 1.25 inchesCredit ...

Biological anthropologists use genetic data to understand the evolutionary relationships that humans share with great apes and to examine how our genetic history differs from theirs.

It has been determined that a western lowland gorilla born at the zoo on May ... a Swahili word that means born in the rainy season. A male chimpanzee born at the zoo on March 27 has been named ...

From Kibale to Kyambura, A-List travel advisor Praveen Moman shares what chimpanzee and gorilla trekking really is — and what to expect on this type of adventure. Uganda is a land of ...

You might think, from a chimp's perspective, that their closest living relative is a gorilla, right? Because a gorilla looks a lot more like a chimp than a human does. However, chimps are more closely ...

Complete human, chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, and orangutan genomes have provided us a window into understanding the complex speciation process of these species' common ancestor. Analyses of these ...

Meanwhile, the population of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Nki National Park tripled, and that of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) increased slightly in both parks.