In the video captured on Feb. 26, the great ape runs towards the glass and bangs its hand on it, causing it to crack.

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 ...

The Memphis Zoo closed its bonobo exhibit for glass repairs last week after it was damaged by a primate that launched toward ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A newly renovated indoor habitat for the bonobos has opened up at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Zoo officials held a grand opening ceremony for the Claudine André Bonobo Indoor ...

An exhibit at a Tennessee zoo is closed for repairs after a male bonobo shattered a layer of safety glass during an ...

Wild video from the Memphis Zoo shows the moment an ape lunged at visitors, smashing a pane of glass in the enclosure.

(CN) — Bonobos are humans’ closest living relatives, and researchers expected them to follow the roles of most social mammals where males dominate females, decide when to mate and who gets to eat ...

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 ...

For a long time, imagination was considered a human endeavor. When we’re children, we invent invisible friends and turn ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Officials with the Memphis Zoo announced the temporary closure of the bonobo exhibit after a Thursday ...

Can animals play pretend? It took a tea party with a bonobo to find out. In a set of experiments, a team of researchers offered a bonobo named Kanzi invisible juice and grapes, presenting the tests as ...

Not long ago, comparative psychologist Christopher Krupenye and a colleague visited the Leipzig Zoo in Germany, where both had worked on a research project several years before. The 145-year-old zoo ...