The study focused on Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo who died in March 2025 at the age of 44. Ape Initiative.

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 ...

Bonobos and chimps are our closest living links to the six million-year-old ancestor from which both they and we descended. As primatologist Frans de Waal points out, Kano's work "was a major ...

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Discover some interesting facts about bonobos, the peaceful and endangered great apes found only in the Congo rainforest.

For years, anthropologists have watched wild chimpanzees "go ape" and attack each other in coordinated assaults. But until now, scientists were unsure whether interactions with humans had brought on ...

Scientists found that chimpanzees consume alcohol from naturally fermented fruit, offering new clues about animal diets and ...

Like viral sensation Punch and his orange stuffed orangutan, Project Chimps has a resident that can't get enough of her Grinch toys, the sanctuary's executive director says.

Twenty-five years after the film's release, the chimps from "MVP" feel the lingering effects of a life in show business. Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Tim DiFrisco / Getty, Tom Pidgeon / Getty ...