Many social animals share child-rearing duties, but research publishing May 20 in the journal Current Biology finds that bonobo moms go the extra step and actually take action to ensure their sons ...

Bonobo mothers help their sons mate in a variety of ways, experts believe, including by directing them toward females who are ovulating. Scientists studied wild bonobos living in the Democratic ...

Match-making mothers have meddled, for better or for worse, throughout human history. The innocent suggestion, “I know someone you might like,” can turn into a one-two punch when it’s followed by the ...