Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

A 10-week-old puppy is fighting for its life after being badly beaten in Live Oak, Florida. The puppy was so severely swollen from its injuries, rescuers didn’t even know which breed she was. A ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives, and story summaries. Few apes ...

Few apes have done more to unsettle human certainties than Kanzi the bonobo. He wasn’t the first nonhuman primate ... In one famous episode, startled by a beaver, he combined “water” and “gorilla” to ...

Kanzi, a Des Moines resident bonobo known internationally for his communication skills, died Tuesday, most likely of heart disease, the Des Moines-based Ape Initiative reported. Iowa State University ...

To do this, Berthet and her colleagues built a database of 700 bonobo calls and deciphered them using methods drawn from ...

Kanzi, the world’s most celebrated bonobo who learned to communicate and play Minecraft ... a “scary” beaver in his outdoor habitat with the symbols “water” and “gorilla.” “Rest in peace dear Kanzi.

adding momentum to efforts for gorilla conservation." Interestingly, it is said that bonobo Kanzi learned sign language by watching Koko's videos. This means that if Kanzi meets Koko in the ...

The famous ape reportedly knew thousands of words, loved Clint Eastwood movies, and was a big fan of video games.