The Memphis Zoo temporarily closed its bonobo habitat after one of the animals smashed a layer of safety glass at the exhibit on Thursday, February 26, according to the zoo.Video captured by Josiah ...

Within-group cooperation (i.e., among closely related individuals), is to varying degrees observed among a significant number of animal species. However, peaceful encounters and cooperation between ...

A bonobo demonstrated the ability to track imaginary objects in controlled tests, challenging the belief that imagination is uniquely human and hinting at deep evolutionary roots. In a set of ...

For a long time, imagination was considered a human endeavor. When we’re children, we invent invisible friends and turn ...

Bonobos (pictured) and chimpanzees are our closest relatives. A new study looks at how a community of bonobos behave when they encounter a different group of bonobos. It's markedly different from the ...

People are constantly looking at the behavior of others and coming up with ideas about what might be going on in their heads. Now, a new study of bonobos adds to evidence that they might do the same ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos are often thought to reflect two different sides of human nature—the conflict-ready chimpanzee versus the peaceful bonobo—but a new study publishing April 12 in the journal ...

A new look into the private lives of chimpanzees has found that the primates settle disagreements with close friends by rubbing genitals together, a behavior previously that's commonly seen in their ...

The great apes are the closest living relatives to humans. We share over ninety-eight percent of our DNA with some species of these creatures, and it’s valuable to think of ourselves as being more ...