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

The Memphis Zoo temporarily closed its bonobo habitat after one of the animals smashed a layer of safety glass at the exhibit ...

Within-group cooperation (i.e., among closely related individuals), is to varying degrees observed among a significant number of animal species. However, peaceful encounters and cooperation between ...

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

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 ...

People are constantly looking at the behavior of others and coming up with ideas about what might be going on in their heads. Now, a new study of bonobos adds to evidence that they might do the same ...

A new look into the private lives of chimpanzees has found that the primates settle disagreements with close friends by rubbing genitals together, a behavior previously that's commonly seen in their ...

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 ...