Adult females are unrelated immigrants from different communities who did not grow up together, which makes their deep bonds and cooperation unexpected. Surbeck, who runs the Kokolopori bonobo ...

"Hippie" bonobos are just as aggressive as "warrior" chimpanzees, according to a new study. However, the findings also reveal some key details about which sex is instigating the aggression. Bonobo ...

When a male bonobo oversteps his bounds — say, by hopping into a tree and shaking the branches while others are trying to feed — females in the troop tend to act fast. They kick him, they chase him, ...

Female bonobos find strength in numbers, teaming up to fend off males in the wild, a new study finds. Along with chimpanzees, bonobos are among humans’ closest relatives. Scientists have long wondered ...

Biologically speaking, female and male bonobos have a weird relationship. First, there’s the sex. It’s the females who decide when and with whom they mate. They easily parry unwanted sexual ...

Girl power is not just a human thing; bonobos might’ve figured it out first. In the heart of the Congo rainforest, bonobos challenge everything we know about dominance in the animal world. While most ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

When it comes to bonobo hierarchy, the ladies stick together. New research out of the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior finds that female bonobos team up to keep male bonobos in line, even ...

A bonobo named Louise, born into captivity at the San Diego Zoo, lived with her sister, Loretta, and nephew, Erin, before being transferred to the Japan’s Kumamoto Sanctuary in 1992. In the wild, ...

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