The image in question is genuine and features a gibbon, a primate known as a "lesser ape." Humans are also considered primates but belong to a subset of species known as the "greater apes." Living ...

In the gibbon’s evolutionary history, chromosomal rearrangements have run rampant, presenting at least a couple of puzzles. First, how is it that these large-scale genomic rearrangements have been so ...

If you’ve ever walked through a zoo and heard a long, low call that was answered by another call, you might have heard two gibbons singing to each other. Gibbons are monogamous primates, and male and ...

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that early humans could have walked successfully on a 'flexible' flat foot, similar to modern day gibbons. The arched 'rigid' foot of modern humans ...

A team of scientists has discovered the earliest gibbon fossil, a find that helps fill a long-elusive evolutionary gap in the history of apes. A team of scientists has discovered the earliest gibbon ...

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According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the black crested gibbon is now a Critically Endangered species. It’s unfortunate, considering the gibbon is one of the world’s most majestic and ...

Primate keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo are mourning the loss of Sydney, a white-cheeked gibbon who was humanely euthanized Feb. 4. He was 20 years old. The median life expectancy for this ...

Explore innovative strategies, including stress tests and drone technology, to protect the endangered western hoolock gibbon ...

On the afternoon of our first day together, I asked Bosco what animals we were likely to see in Bawangling. For months, I had looked forward to seeing not only the Hainan gibbon, but also other wild ...

The Utica Zoo has announced the birth of a white-handed gibbon baby. Zoo officials said the birth is an “extraordinary circumstance” because of the gibbon's parents' ages: Snowflake, the mother, is 35 ...