Aleksik has been fascinated by words and their meanings since he was in ninth grade. “I got into it for the fun facts, if I’m ...

By using sound, captions and sign language, the film gives viewers a glimpse into Oscar-winning actor Marlee Matlin's life.

Researchers at the University of College London recently undertook a massive study to better understand chimps. The team ...

South Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many ...

Discover the key differences between apes and monkeys, including their physical traits, movement, intelligence, and habitats, and learn why protecting these unique primates is essential.

Kanzi showed apes have the capacity for language, but in recent years scientists have questioned the ethics of ape experiments.

Orangutans are solitary creatures but like to laugh at a joke. They can learn to use tools and communicate with sign language ...

Despite startling breakthroughs, the first words and signs of great apes are rarely publicly celebrated by scientists.

Kanzi was not the first great ape to learn how to communicate with humans using symbols. Koko the gorilla and Washoe the chimpanzee learned signs that were adapted from American Sign Language. But ...

“Kingdom” is set some 300 years after the events of the third film, and by this point the primates have evolved from using sign language to having a robust spoken language.

Some scientists have speculated that ape gestures directly gave rise to human language. Early humans converted gestures into sign language, complete with rules of grammar, which they then ...