Despite their species’ friendly reputation, bonobo males lash out at other males much more often than chimpanzee males do, a surprising study finds. In her first week studying bonobos in the ...

Animalia These female apes found a way to limit male aggression. For decades it had been a mystery how female Bonobos, cousins to humans, claim higher positions than males in their troop hierarchy.

A young bonobo female responds to group members. Martin Surbeck, Kokolopori Bonobo Research Project. Scientists have long considered the complexity of language to be an obvious separation between ...

Famously, Kanzi was also a gamer. I first learned of Kanzi in 2006 when I spotted a bootlegged NHK Youtube video showing a bonobo playing Pac-Man with both proficiency and delight. I corresponded ...