Koko, a western lowland gorilla who became internationally famous for learning to communicate in sign language, has died at the age of 46. The Gorilla Foundation announced Koko’s death, saying she ...

Explore Kanzi's impressive communication skills and what they reveal about primate language evolution and ape communication research. Kanzi is a linguistic all-star among apes. From an early age, the ...

Our ancient primate ancestors developed the capacity for language 30 to 40million years ago, scientists believe. The crucial ability to understand relationships between words in a sentence came long ...

The human environment is a very social one. Family, friends, colleagues, strangers – they all provide a continuous stream of information that we need to track and make sense of. Who is dating whom?

Are we able to differentiate between the vocal emissions of certain primates? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) asked volunteers to categorise the vocalisations of three species of great ...

A bizarre sound made by a primate could help to reveal more about the origins of human speech, a study suggests. Scientists have found that the gelada, a species that is closely related to the baboon, ...