For these females, the strength of their maternal programming – rather than any inherent understanding of the nature of death ...

Nothing brings a group of primates together, humans included, quite like a threat from outside. Bonobos are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos, even during conflicts with ...

Researchers set up a series of tea party-like experiments with Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo who had provided decades ...

Kanzi requests more frozen grapes. Des Moines’ Ape Initiative, as well as scientists and animal lovers around the world, are mourning the loss of Kanzi, the bonobo who became famous for his ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials at the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines say Nathan, an 8-year-old bonobo ape, has died. Nathan was the youngest of the bonobos living at the Trust. The animal died ...

Juvenile bonobo embraces a distressed companion during post-conflict consolation. Psychologists from Durham University, UK, observed the behaviour of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether ...

Nothing brings a group of primates together, humans included, quite like a threat from outside. Bonobos are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos, even during conflicts with ...