apes

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Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three chimpanzees.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

Four days of extreme rain and landslides in the Indonesian island of Sumatra have pushed the world's most endangered great apes even closer to extinction, says a study.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The study also found that apes living in larger groups tended to be more selective about where they invested their social attention, a trend that has also been observed in human social networks.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

When it comes to other great apes, the moms also get almost no help in raising their children—from dads, or anyone else—and they space their kids several years apart.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

It would be nice to know how different other intelligences can be; so we study the whales and the great apes.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan