A new study sheds light on the role of sexual behavior in apes, which has implications for understanding its evolutionary ...

Bonobos, often seen as the “make love, not war” apes, are famous for using sexual behavior to smooth over conflicts. Chimps, ...

While unfortunate for the males, becoming a post-sex meal offers the females vital nutrients needed to sustain themselves and ...

will become available for mating again much sooner. In contrast, bonobo society is marked by the strong bonds that develop between unrelated females and by almost constant sexual activity amongst ...

Bonobo males that acted more aggressively towards other males were more likely to mate with females while they were fertile. According to Mouginot, one explanation for why bonobos act more ...

Humans share this behavioural strategy with our closest living ape relatives – bonobos and chimpanzees. Now researchers, led by Durham University, UK, have undertaken what is thought to be one of the ...

Bonobos aren’t as mellow as scientists long ... for how and why the primates behave as they do, such as negotiating mating rights and hierarchies, Gisela Kaplan, an animal behavior researcher ...

Bonobos, one of humanity’s closest relatives, can tell when a human doesn’t know something and steps in to help — a cognitive ability never before identified in nonhuman apes, a study found.

LEAH:When a stranger Bonobo approaches the pack, the other Bonobos all come out and go "Ello mate!" NARRATOR:'Sociable and oober chatty, Leah is insecure about her relationship with Phil and ...