But first, a sober reminder. We belong to the larger family of “great apes”, which also includes the gorilla, chimp, bonobo, and the orangutan. And like all members of this larger family, we humans ...

His system of nomenclature and classification is fundamental to the study of not just evolution but of taxonomy and ...

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New research on Monday contradicted the commonly held idea that males dominate females among primates, revealing far more ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo announced the birth of a baby bonobo. According to a news release, the mom, Elema, and the baby are ...

“The animal care team noted that the entire troop helped Elema ... But Elema and her small baby can be seen in the zoo’s Adventure Africa exhibit. The baby is the 16th bonobo born at the zoo, which is ...

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

Scientist have discovered that bonobos become more cheerful after they hear other bonobos giggling. Find out more here.

Scientists have shown that bonobos combine their calls into complex sound sequences that resemble combinations of human words.

He is survived by the bonobo family he helped raise, and by a legacy that challenges the idea of what it means to be an animal — human or otherwise.

But this is one of the first controlled experiments to have tested this idea.Given that apes seemingly possess theory of mind, this trait may date back to the last common ancestor of humans and ...

Panbanisha, 26, died of a cold Tuesday night at the Great Ape Trust Bonobo Hope in Des Moines, which is under scrutiny for its care of the animals, the paper says, citing staff e-mails.