We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that existed in the common ancestor of humans and apes six million years ago. Humans ...

Humans are not the only species to combine concepts to build more complex meaning, a new study found. Bonobo chimpanzees combine calls in a manner similar to how humans structure words to make phrases ...

A small brain region reacts strongly to chimp calls. This shows that our voice system links to older primate signals.

One of the world's oldest living chimps is Mimi the Bonobo. Sixty-something-year-old Mimi resides in Skopje Zoo, where she enjoys flowers and marmalade straight from the jar. (AP Video: Florent ...

Juvenile bonobo embraces a distressed companion during post-conflict consolation. Psychologists from Durham University, UK, observed the behaviour of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether ...

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 ...

Jake Brooker receives funding from Templeton World Charity Foundation (Diverse Intelligences Initiative). Zanna Clay receives funding from the Templeton World Charity Foundation (Diverse Intelligences ...

We all love seeing videos of baby animals, and who can resist a video celebrating a little one's first birthday! Cincinnati shared an adorable video of their baby bonobo, Daisy, featuring clips from ...