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.

At an animal sanctuary in the Congo, several dozen Congolese schoolchildren are getting a crash course in bonobos. These gentle, endangered apes, who resemble chimpanzees, are "our closest cousins ...

But soon the animal was assigned the status of an entirely distinct species within the same genus as the chimpanzee, Pan. The bonobo was officially classified as Pan paniscus , or the diminutive Pan .

The Milwaukee County Zoo on Wednesday announced that a baby bonobo was born to Elema on May 30. The Milwaukee County Zoo on ...

The bonobo joined the IUCN's list of endangered species in 1994. ... However, for every unknown about these important animals, there are individuals and organizations working to help protect them.

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 ...

Bonobo compositionality. In the second step of our study, we developed a method to investigate whether animal combinations are compositional. We found numerous call combinations whose meaning was ...

Biologist Takayoshi Kano (in 1991, in Wamba, DRC) pioneered bonobo research in the wild. But some experts caution that animals drawn into the open by treats such as sugar cane might not act naturally.

Kanzi, a world-famous bonobo who astonished researchers with his linguistic and tool-making abilities, has passed away at the age of 44. His groundbreaking achievements challenged long-held ...

At Lola ya Bonobo, they were raised with other infants and human substitute mothers. There were no adult bonobos to "teach" them sexual behavior. Sex for fun in bonobos, and many other animals ...

A bonobo at the Cincinnati Zoo bit one of their care team member's thumb while they were delivering food and medicine to the troop, causing a "complete amputation," the zoo said in a statement.