It turns out monkeys can be prima donnas, too! Japanese researchers have found that the Lar gibbon controls its voice in the same manner as a human soprano singer. The monkeys posses much of the ...

She was the last Lar gibbon at Zoo Miami. At an estimated age of over 48 years, Prisilla was almost the oldest primate in Zoo Miami's collection and the third oldest Lar gibbon in all of North ...

RACINE, Wis. - The Racine Zoo announced on Monday, Oct. 28 the recent passing of Yule, the White-handed (Lar) Gibbon. A news release says Yule has shared the designation of the zoo’s longest ...

One of Zoo Miami’s oldest primate, an endangered Lar gibbon named Prisilla, has died. According to a statement issued by the zoo on Tuesday, the “very difficult decision” was made to ...

Male and female lar gibbons sing duets with notes that are synchronised and occur at regular intervals. These are rhythmic qualities similar to those found in human songs, which could hint at an ...

Hylobates lar is the lar or white-handed gibbon, here bored stiff in a zoo. At least Wisconsin Zoo served as a portal into the life and language of the wild gibbon community. The communication skills ...

JC, a white-handed gibbon, has joined the Lincoln Park Zoo on her sixth birthday, and is quickly becoming friends with Murray, a white-cheeked gibbon who has been a longtime resident of the zoo.

Zoo Miami’s oldest primate, an endangered Lar gibbon named Prisilla, has died. According to a statement issued, by the zoo last week, the “very difficult decision” was made to euthanize the ...

These photos of a lar gibbon skeleton were taken at London’s Grant Museum of Zoology – from locations 6.4 centimetres apart. Unfocus your eyes until the images overlap, and they may fuse ...

Meet Utica Zoo's newborn gibbon, whose name pulls from the Star Wars tradition of naming at the zoo. The newborn's father is named Yoda.

TUCSON, Arizona (Storyful) — An endangered Lar gibbon named Billy turned an incredible 51 years old at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona, in early January, staff announced. The median life… ...

Granny Jane is a lar gibbon, also known as the white-handed gibbon, which in theory has a life expectancy of about 44 years.