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

A couple of visitors at the Memphis Zoo ruined one of the exhibits for everyone else... for the time being. At this point, we ...

The incident, which was captured on video, happened Thursday afternoon in the Memphis Zoo’s Primate Canyon Exhibit. The video ...

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

The study focused on Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo who died in March 2025 at the age of 44. Ape Initiative.

Zoo officials believe the bonobo was "taunted" by visitors ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers adapted the playbook for studying young children to stage a juice party for Kanzi. They poured imaginary juice from a pitcher into two cups, then pretended to empty just one. They asked ...

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