A study investigated whether the genes for schizophrenia and autism appeared more frequently as mammals evolved bigger brains ...

Scientists observed spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) playing in the wild and found that their precise, sophisticated ...

In popular films and stories, hyenas are usually portrayed simply as hunters and scavengers, but in reality, they actually spend a great deal of time ...

Great apes and humans all laugh with a steady, even rhythm, and a new study finds it has barely changed in 15 million years.

There are many kinds of laughter. People may guffaw at a joke. They may giggle nervously in an uncomfortable situation. They ...

Researchers have discovered similarities in laughter patterns between humans and great apes, including chimpanzees, bonobos, ...

Human laughter may share a 15-million-year-old evolutionary rhythm with our primate ancestors, offering clues about the ...

A comparative study of laughter across humans and other great apes found that its regular rhythmic structure may date back ...

A surprising new study suggests the earliest primates didn't originate in tropical forests but in cold, dry parts of North America. Some may have even survived seasonal Arctic conditions by slowing ...

It’s a game of monkey mean, monkey grew. Territorial tension may be behind the size of male primates. In many primate species, males have evolved to be bigger than their female counterparts, a ...

Director Matt Shakman is bouncing from Marvel’s sacred timeline to “The Planet of the Apes,” as the director will shepherd a new film in the sci-fi franchise for 20th Century Studios. Shakman helmed ...

A new bipartisan bill could end the import of primates for U.S. research, targeting the roughly 20,000 monkeys brought into the country each year for laboratories or their suppliers. Sponsored by U.S.