Bonobo evolution reveals bonding and group cohesion in response to threats, favoring paths to finding peace instead of ...

Psychologists from Durham University, UK, have observed the behavior of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether bonobos were more likely than chimpanzees to comfort others in distress. The study ...

Frankfurt's bonobo family has a new addition, bonobo baby Faro. The infant was born on December 7 to 24 year-old mother Mixi.

An endangered bonobo, a primate which is considered the closest living relative of a human, has successfully given birth this week at a UK zoo. The baby was welcomed into the world on 11 September at ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, there's an effort to save one of humankind's closest living relatives: the bonobo. This benefits the animals, brain research and the economy of the DRC. The ...

Kanzi, the famous bonobo at Des Moines' Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative, has died at the age of 44. He had been his normal, happy self, and was even playing in the towers the day he died, ...

The baby bonobo has been named Winstel, in honor of Don Winstel, a cherished member of the zoo community for over 36 years, zoo officials shared on social media. The name Winstel was chosen by an ...

The gentle apes known as bonobos have helped scientists understand how humans evolved and developed traits like empathy. But humans haven't shown much empathy to bonobos. We've hunted them, sold their ...