Bonobos are highly intelligent primates capable of learning patterns, adapting strategies, and responding quickly to visual cues. In controlled experiments, they can outperform humans in certain ...

The famous ape reportedly knew thousands of words, loved Clint Eastwood movies, and was a big fan of video games. Reading time 4 minutes Kanzi has died at the age of 44. The iconic bonobo reshaped our ...

A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Few apes have done more to unsettle human certainties than Kanzi the bonobo. He wasn’t the first nonhuman primate to use symbols to communicate, ...

A series of hide-and-seek experiments with a bonobo named Kanzi shows for the first time that apes can mentally keep track of multiple familiar humans at once, even when they are out of sight. Kanzi ...