Apes include a rather broad range of simians (higher primates) from the Old World. Generally, if it’s not a monkey, people will colloquially call it an ape. Apes can be split into two families: ...

Komodo dragons are the largest known lizards in the world. They evolved in isolation in the islands around the Indonesian archipelago. The species was undisturbed until its eventual discovery by the ...

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are native to the forests and savannas of central and western Africa. These creatures are our closest living relatives and share approximately 98.8% of our DNA. Similar ...