and they resemble each other to the point that bonobos were once called “pygmy chimpanzees.” But chimps and bonobos also have ...

“So you are very lucky.” The bonobo, once called the pygmy chimpanzee, is a unique species of ape, native only to forests on the left bank of the Congo River. Recent research casts new light ...

Fossils of 600-million-year-old "tiny humanoids" were discovered in Antarctica. A story perpetuated in some social media ...

Though very close in genetic relationship and virtually next-door neighbors, chimpanzees and a less-well-known species called bonobos in Zaire are socially poles apart. Only identified as a ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. One of the world’s oldest living chimps is Mimi the Bonobo.

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 ...

But then, as these extraordinary pictures show, Kanzi is no man. He is a bonobo - pygmy chimpanzee - and his love of fire is challenging the way that we think about our closest relatives in the animal ...

Bonobos, endangered great apes that are among our closest relatives, might be more vulnerable than previously understood, finds a genetics study led by a UCL researcher that reveals three distinct ...

Bonobos have many ways of letting other bonobos know what's on their mind. In this slide show, study a random sampling of bonobo facial expressions and gestures, and learn to tell the difference ...

Expert primatologist Frans de Waal has been working with common chimpanzees and bonobos, our closest evolutionary and genetic relatives, for about 40 years. He's currently the C. H. Candler ...

A zoo is celebrating the first birthday of what it believes is the first baby bonobo to be born in the UK since 2019. The male bonobo - named Upendi - was born to his mother Cheka in January 2022 ...