In the video captured on Feb. 26, the great ape runs towards the glass and bangs its hand on it, causing it to crack.

The Memphis Zoo closed its bonobo exhibit for glass repairs last week after it was damaged by a primate that launched toward ...

Human encroachment has not turned chimpanzees and bonobos into warmongers bent on violence and infanticide as many people have theorized. The behavior comes naturally, report 30 international ...

The Memphis Zoo temporarily closed its bonobo habitat after one of the animals smashed a layer of safety glass at the exhibit ...

Zeke also hangs upside down from man-made vines, grasping them with his feet. And that’s typical, too — for a bonobo. Findley, a zoology major at Miami, is spending her summer studying bonobo behavior ...

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 ...

Among our two closest phylogenetic relatives, chimpanzees remain by far the more thoroughly-studied and widely-recognized species, known for their high levels of cooperation especially among males, ...

Bonobos are well known for their peaceable relations within family groups, but there’s less scientific consensus about how much tolerance they extend to individuals outside of their core groups. A ...

A new study of bonobos has observed a previously unrecognized trait among these apes: They are kind to strangers. The reputation of bonobos as friendly and warmhearted creatures (plus enthusiastic ...

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 ...