DES MOINES, Iowa — The Ape Cognition & Conservation (Ape) Initiative announced on social media Wednesday that one of their bonobos has died. In a post on Facebook, the initiative said that Kanzi ...

Biology RIP Kanzi, the Bonobo Who Mastered Language and Minecraft The famous ape reportedly knew thousands of words, loved Clint Eastwood movies, and was a big fan of video games.

A baby bonobo was born May 30 at the Milwaukee County Zoo, the zoo announced in a news release. Now, it’s ready for visitors.

Hold on to your heart: A new study found that apes — our closest living relatives — can recognize family members and long lost friends even after decades of separation. Researchers tested 26 ...

The birth has happened not long after two new additions joined the Cincinnati Zoo's bonobo family from the Memphis Zoo. Lily and her 10-year-old son, Mpingo, left Memphis after living there for 20 ...

He loved interacting with his other bonobo family members. He loved when we would have visitors or school groups, getting to play chase with young children,” Skiba said.

After studying chimpanzees and bonobos, scientists have documented the longest-lasting nonhuman social memory ever.

Bonobos, our evolutionary cousins in the primate family, may be able to use vocal sounds to communicate meaning in a way that had previously only been observed in humans, according to a study ...

He is survived by the bonobo family he helped raise, and by a legacy that challenges the idea of what it means to be an animal — human or otherwise.

Kanzi the bonobo died Tuesday afternoon. The 44-year-old showed no signs of illness or discomfort before being found unresponsive.

The structure of the human body has been shaped by natural selection for nearly five million years. But fossils only include teeth and bones; they lack the muscle, skin, fat, and organs that make ...