A new study of tool use in bonobos suggests females of this great ape species are handier than males. That's also been seen in chimpanzees, but it was thought that chimps could be an aberration.

It was millions of years ago that humans, chimpanzees and bonobos split off in different evolutionary directions. Now, new research suggests that bonobos — not chimps, as widely presumed — may be the ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

On 60 Minutes this week, Anderson Cooper travels to Africa and meets a remarkable group of Congolese women caring for baby bonobos at a sanctuary on the outskirts of Kinshasa known as Lola Ya Bonobo, ...

Babies seem to have a language all their own. They make some weird noise, and based on context, you’re supposed to know what it means. Babies, and some of the rest of us in our less proud moments, are ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Two closely related great ape species, the bonobo and chimpanzee, use gestures that share the same meaning researchers have found. Two closely related great ape species, the bonobo and chimpanzee, use ...

The genome was sequenced from Ulindi, a female bonobo who lives in the Zoo Leipzig. Genome sequences have also been generated from all other great apes – chimpanzee, orang-utan and gorilla - making ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Bonobos, one of our closest primate relatives, could teach some humans a thing or two about ...

The great apes are the closest living relatives to humans. We share over ninety-eight percent of our DNA with some species of these creatures, and it’s valuable to think of ourselves as being more ...

Bonobo announced his newest record Fragments, slated for release in January 2022 via Ninja Tune. Today, he released the album’s first single “Rosewood.” Fragments will feature a string of ...