The Gibbon, a smaller member of the primate family, is well-known for its long arms and hands. Its speed makes it difficult to see, but its distinctive call is easy to identify. A trip to the ...

It’s too bad a gibbon can’t sing in the opera—these apes vocalize with the same techniques that sopranos use to bring down the house. A study in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology raised ...

Apes are unlikely to become virtuosos at the opera house, but gibbons have naturally mastered some of the vocal techniques that human sopranos rely on, scientists in Japan report. Gibbons have a ...

University of Western Australia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. Gibbons and humans have more in common than might immediately seem apparent. Among many behavioural ...