To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus), otherwise known as pygmy ...

In July, a pygmy hippopotamus was born at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand. Moo Deng – her name translates to bouncy pork – became a star overnight. You will have seen the memes while ...

Fossils of 600-million-year-old "tiny humanoids" were discovered in Antarctica. A story perpetuated in some social media ...

Chimpanzees are fascinating primates known for their intelligence, social behavior, and unique personalities. These great apes come in all shapes and sizes, but few compare to the largest chimpanzee ...

Some chimpanzees appear to be more efficient at using tools to crack nuts than others within their groups. This efficiency could also give them an evolutionary advantage, since better nutcracking ...

The Pygmy Piglets (voiced by John Fiedler) are a community of short-statured piglets which inhabit the Land of Milk and Honey. Piglet doesn't like the idea of being king, but Tigger and Rabbit; who ...

Haggis the viral baby pygmy hippo has been pictured going for a winter swim in a new photo.

Bonobos, endangered great apes that are among our closest relatives, might be more vulnerable than previously understood, finds a genetics study led by a UCL researcher that reveals three distinct ...

Humans and the great apes (large apes) of Africa -- chimpanzees (including bonobos, or so-called "pygmy chimpanzees") and gorillas -- share a common ancestor that lived between 8 and 6 million ...

Credit: Tetsuro Matsuzawa Chimpanzees may refine cultural behaviors over time, with advanced toolsets spreading through migrating females, suggesting early stages of cumulative culture. Chimpanzees ...

When a pair of pygmy chimpanzees or bonobos sees a box, they have sex with each other. It happens no matter what the object is. They are the happiest of all the apes. Male bonobos also practice ...