Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Romina Bergman, 2, reaches her hand out to chimpanzee Yoshi's newborn at the Los Angeles Zoo. Every morning while the great apes ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

Jaya celebrated his sixth birthday Friday with bagels and whipped cream, some new balls to toss around, a kitchen strainer he insisted on wearing as a hat — and a $66,000 check to preserve his species ...