Only identified as a species separate from chimps in 1929, bonobos intrigue biologists with ... The changes in social behavior that occurred in response to this environmental factor may be what ...

Long known to be the peaceful close relative of humans, scientists have discovered that the endangered bonobo is more complicated than previously believed. A new study has observed male bonobos ...

These apes, though, are better known for their stark differences in behavior and personality. Bonobo society is matriarchal, ...

A study reveals orphaned bonobos can regain social skills and empathy through rehabilitation efforts, despite early-life ...

Wow, I thought. Nicely done. “Hunting behavior—it’s very rare,” said Sakamaki. “So you are very lucky.” The bonobo, once called the pygmy chimpanzee, is a unique species of ape ...

The online experiment could be completed on a laptop or tablet. A little cartoon showed participants what gesture they were looking for in the video and half of participants were told what the ...

This is a process they call ‘habituation’. Scientist Gottfried Hohmann describes how he and his team habituated the Bonobo Chimpanzee, our closest relative, in Africa’s dense Congo forest.

Bonobos are our closest living relatives, along with chimpanzees, and are only found in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The early life trauma of maternal loss and the deprivation from being ...

In a study published in 2022, researchers discovered how primates reacted to that shift, looking at the behavior of bonobos, ...

The study led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB) also identifies specific factors that have a positive effect on bonobo numbers, offering concrete measures for ...

Splitting from the human lineage between four and six million years ago, it is (along with its cousin, the bonobo) our closest living relative ... Hunt’s writing is lucid, scholarly and wide-ranging ...