This news release is available in German. Despite the fact that chimpanzees and bonobos share similar starting conditions at birth they develop different behavioural patterns later in life. These ...

The intelligence and linguistic acumen of our ape cousins, the bonobos, is well-understood. While chimps, orangutans and other great apes are all famously curious, intelligent, and expressive, the ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- There are a lot of stories out there about people helping other people. But recently, a team of special people came together to help a very sick animal. Doctors and veterinarians ...

At an animal sanctuary in the Congo, young students are learning why the gentle, endangered apes known as bonobos should be seen as a national... At an animal sanctuary in the Congo, several dozen ...

Researchers examined various markers in the urine of wild bonobos (Pan paniscus). The researchers found that the birth of a second young animal resulted in the older sibling in a five-fold increase in ...

When Bill Fields began working with bonobo chimpanzees eight years ago, it wasn't just a new job. To start with, he became a single parent -- to a baby bonobo. Fields also gained an extended family -- ...

The gentle apes known as bonobos have helped scientists understand how humans evolved and developed traits like empathy. But humans haven't shown much empathy to bonobos. We've hunted them, sold their ...