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It may seem unusual to think of chimpanzees as doctors, but they more closely resemble human healers than you may expect.

The Milwaukee County Zoo announced the birth of a baby bonobo. According to a news release, the mom, Elema, and the baby are ...

Scientist have discovered that bonobos become more cheerful after they hear other bonobos giggling. Find out more here.

Great apes – bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans – all emit play calls that acoustically resemble human chuckles.

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When it comes to closest living relatives in the animal kingdom, chimpanzees and bonobos top the list. They share a common ancestor and over 98% of our DNA. Both species belong to the genus Pan.

Rather than chasing grammar in animals, a more grounded approach asks what cognitive difference might explain the gap ...

Human infants receive up to 400 times more direct vocal communication than baby bonobos and nearly 70 times more than baby ...

HB 994 bans the purchase and sales of products from at-risk and endangered animals. The list of animals covered under this bill include the baleen whale, bonobo, cheetah, chimpanzee, dolphin, elephant ...

To gather that data, Wegdell traveled to Congo to observe bonobos, a species closely related to chimpanzees. Each day, she found an infant bonobo to follow, and observed every time that an adult ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos, share close genetic ties with humans but exhibit distinct physical and behavioral traits. Chimpanzees display male-dominated, aggressive tendencies, while bonobos are ...