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 ...

Rubin, a baby bonobo, was foraging near his mother Rose in the Congo rain forest when an adult bonobo named Olive snatched some food from Rubin’s tiny hands. Then Olive smacked the baby, hard, in the ...

Chimpanzees enjoy their retirement at the Chimp Haven sanctuary in Keithville, La. A new study finds that our closest animal relatives are capable of remembering former groupmates they haven't seen in ...

Bonobos (pictured) and chimpanzees are our closest relatives. A new study looks at how a community of bonobos behave when they encounter a different group of bonobos. It's markedly different from the ...

New research suggests wild chimpanzees have developed a far more nuanced communication system than previously realized, using several mechanisms that combine their vocalizations to create new meaning.

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. Humans ...

Researchers led by a University of California, Berkeley, comparative psychologist have found that great apes and chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, can recognize groupmates they haven't seen ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos are two closely related species of great apes and share much of their DNA with humans. Though they appear similar, they differ significantly in behavior, social structure, and ...

An experiment with bonobos and chimpanzees suggests the great apes remember their friends and family even after years apart. Louise, a bonobo who participated in the study, recognized a sister she had ...

We all experience stress and conflict — whether it’s an argument with a friend, workplace tension, or competition for ...

Bonobos are a species of great ape, along with gorillas, orangutans, and chimpanzees. Over the years, they’ve gained a reputation as being calmer and more peaceful than other ape species. But recent ...

Some chimpanzees seem to use sexual behaviour like genital rubbing to manage stressful situations, which shows they aren’t as different from hypersexual bonobos – our other closest living ape ...