By Liz Kimbrough Imagine you’re at a tea party with a bonobo. What kind of tea are you serving? Are there cakes? What is the ...
A new study shows a bonobo can track pretend juice and grapes, suggesting apes also have imagination, not only humans.
Remember childhood tea parties? The cups are empty, the teapot is dry, yet the air is thick with the drama of imagined pouring, sipping, and spilling. The mental gymnastics required to participate in ...
Researchers set up a series of tea party-like experiments with Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo who had provided decades ...
In the video captured on Feb. 26, the great ape runs towards the glass and bangs its hand on it, causing it to crack.
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 ...
An exhibit at a Tennessee zoo is closed for repairs after a male bonobo shattered a layer of safety glass during an ...
The stereotype of violent chimpanzees and peaceful bonobos may be wrong, according to new research comparing aggression in both apes.
The Memphis Zoo closed its bonobo exhibit for glass repairs last week after it was damaged by a primate that launched toward onlookers.
An ape habitat at the Memphis Zoo is temporarily closed after a group of guests taunted the ape, who then broke an interior glass. The moment was captured on camera and has since gone viral. The ...