A window to wild bonobos An international team of researchers compiled 30 years of data from six wild bonobo communities across three field sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is the ...

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 ...

Apes orphaned by the illegal trade in bushmeat and pets can overcome trauma and develop social abilities like those of their mother-reared peers. Bonobos are our closest living relatives, along with ...

Great ape conservation is often presented through dramatic images: a rare sighting, a rescue, a protected forest, or a census result. But some of the most important work happens slowly, over years, ...

Chimpanzees have a reputation for being aggressive, while bonobos are often seen as their peaceful counterparts. This contrast has frequently been used to explain different sides of human nature.

The peeps, hoots and grunts of wild bonobos, a species of great ape living in the African rainforest, can convey complex thoughts in a way that mirrors some elements of human language, a new study ...

LOLA YA BONOBO, Congo — Micheline Nzonzi cradled a small and sleepy bonobo, an orphan whose life she will try to save over the next three years or so. The 1-year-old's chances are good, with motherly ...

Bonobos have a matriarchal social structure. The Dutch-American primatologist Frans de Waal described bonobos as: … capable of altruism, compassion, empathy, kindness, patience and sensitivity.

Data from studies of captive great apes abound, but information from research on wild great apes, while ever-growing, often doesn't offer the detailed information that can be gathered by studies of ...