The fur coloring of the lar gibbon varies from black and dark-brown to light-brown, sandy colors. Image (C) Armathwaite Hall (with permission) The Lake District Wildlife Park (in the U.K.) has ...

A team of researchers at the University of Turin, working with a colleague from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and another from Aarhus University and The Royal Academy of Music, has ...

The oldest Lar gibbon in the United States has passed away at almost 59 years old, the Zoo Knoxville announced on Tuesday. The zoo said that the average lifespan of a Lar gibbon is about 25 years, ...

The Racine Zoo announced the recent passing of Yule, the White-handed (Lar) Gibbon. Yule has shared the designation of the zoo’s longest-term resident. Yule fathered six daughters has over 30 ...

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 euthanize the ...

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 ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Zoo Miami officials are mourning the loss of one of their oldest primates, Priscilla. Zoo officials had to make the very difficult decision to euthanize Prisilla, an endangered Lar ...

According to a statement issued, by the zoo last week, the “very difficult decision” was made to euthanize the nearly 50-year-old Prisilla after she was diagnosed with an unspecified non-treatable ...