Initiative announced on social media Wednesday that one of their bonobos has died. In a post on Facebook, the initiative said ...

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

Doug was the leader of his chimpanzee group. He had quickly gained a reputation from human observers as a fair and tolerant ...

We all experience stress and conflict — whether it’s an argument with a friend, workplace tension, or competition for ...

“Bonobos and chimpanzees both live in very complex social structures with very rich social interactions that they have to ...

We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that ...

Though very close in genetic relationship and virtually next-door neighbors, chimpanzees and a less-well-known species called bonobos in Zaire are socially poles apart. Only identified as a ...

An analysis reveals how the two primate species use sex to resolve conflicts. This suggests that the social function of sex ...

Wamba was founded in 1974 by a Japanese primatologist named Takayoshi Kano for the study of the bonobo, Pan paniscus, a species of simian unlike any other. The bonobo, in case you haven’t heard ...

New research suggests that using sex to ease social tension may have roots going back more than six million years.

The findings support the idea that sex was already being used for social purposes by the last common ancestor of humans, bonobos, and chimpanzees.

Though very close in genetic relationship and virtually next-door neighbors, chimpanzees and a less-well-known species called bonobos in Zaire are socially poles apart. Only identified as a ...