Sometimes people struggle to hide their emotions, blinking back tears, for example. But we also display emotion strategically, letting the tears flow when we want consolation or reconciliation with an ...

A bonobo named Louise, born into captivity at the San Diego Zoo, lived with her sister, Loretta, and nephew, Erin, before being transferred to the Japan’s Kumamoto Sanctuary in 1992. In the wild, ...

Scientists now know how many bonobos live in one of the largest pristine tropical forests, a place believed to be the world's stronghold for the endangered species. The research estimates that between ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Primates have larger brains than most other mammals of their size. This gives them advanced ...

Kanzi, the world’s most celebrated bonobo who learned to communicate and play Minecraft with humans, died last week in Iowa, U.S., at the age of 44. Ape Initiative, a research organization in the city ...

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Few apes have done more to unsettle human certainties than Kanzi the bonobo. He wasn’t the first nonhuman primate to use symbols to communicate, ...

A bonobo at the Cincinnati Zoo bit one of their care team member's thumb while they were delivering food and medicine to the troop, causing a "partial amputation," the zoo said in a ...

Talk about a bad review. The actor, who plays a member of a bigfoot family in the movie, revealed on Friday's episode of The Tonight Show that when he showed it to a Bonobo monkey, the viewer had a ...

The bonobo Kanzi, who learned to make stone tools, play Minecraft and communicate at the level of a 2-year-old human, has died. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Jesse Eisenberg may be an award-winning actor, but his latest movie Sasquatch Sunset wasn't everyone's cup of tea. Appearing on The Tonight Show, Eisenberg discussed his role as a member of a bigfoot ...