It involves the bonobo sitting in front of a touchscreen on which two images of other, unknown bonobos are presented on the left and right. The images depict positive, neutral or negative behaviour.

Two bonobo females having sex looks very different than two female albatrosses sitting placidly on their nest. Bonobo sex looks human. [Biologists: Media Sensationalizes Animal Sex] ...

The bonobos were observed sitting upright more and resting less, with a subtle increase in rates of social grooming, a key behavior for reinforcing social bonds.

Bonobo males are larger and stronger than females, which gives them the physical upper hand to attack, force matings, and monopolize food. Like almost all other social mammals with larger males ...

A bonobo named Louise, born into captivity at the San Diego Zoo, lived with her sister, Loretta, and nephew, Erin, before being transferred to the Japan’s Kumamoto Sanctuary in 1992. In the wild ...

With baby gorillas fetching up to $550,000, the illicit trade is booming as demand for African great apes rises in China, the Middle East, and Pakistan. A female bonobo feeds fruit to her baby at ...

Bonobo bystanders stepped in 7 percent of the time. The researchers say this could suggest a deeper psychological difference between bonobos and chimpanzees, one that goes well beyond parenting.

Females reign supreme in bonobo society by working together to keep males in their place. By Annie Roth Male domination is the natural order of things, some people say. But bonobos, primates with ...

Bonobo males are larger and stronger than females, which gives them the physical upper hand to attack, force matings, and monopolize food. Like almost all other social mammals with larger males ...