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 species ...

We don’t just have sex to reproduce - new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that existed in the common ancestor of humans and apes six million years ago.

Male bonobos are larger and stronger than females, so researchers have found it puzzling that the female apes enjoy high status in bonobo society. After analyzing three decades of behavioral data, ...

According to data from the UN, a woman or girl is killed by an intimate partner or family member every 11 minutes. In the US, around 1 in 4 women will experience sexual violence or stalking within ...

When Jane Goodall went to Gombe in Tanzania in the 1960s to study wild chimpanzees, she made a number of discoveries that changed our picture of our closest living relatives. She discovered that ...

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium recently shared a video capturing tender moments between Kibibi, a first-time bonobo mom, and her newborn son Winstel. Winstel was born Aug. 11 and is named after Don ...

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 ...

“Someone here has already considered contacting the Girl Scouts to create a Bonobo merit badge, right?” “I have, yes,” said Diane Rosenfeld, the author of the must-read (as in now) book “The Bonobo ...