World Bonobo Day is observed every year on February 14 to shine a light on one of the most fascinating yet endangered great apes on Earth, the bonobo. Often lovingly referred to as the 'make love, not ...

Bonobos have a reputation of being the hippies of the ape world, due to their propensity to “make love, not war.” But a new study reveals that bonobos, found only in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Bonobos, great apes related to us and chimpanzees that live in the Republic of Congo, communicate with vocal calls including peeps, hoots, yelps, grunts, and whistles. Now, a team of Swiss scientists ...

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 ...

Despite their peaceful reputation, bonobos act aggressively more often than their chimpanzee cousins, a new study found. By Carl Zimmer In the early 1900s, primatologists noticed a group of apes in ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Orphaned bonobos find sanctuary in Congo from poachers and bushmeat trade - Bonobos share nearly 99 per cent of their DNA ...