Humans aren't the only species that can pretend, a study shows. Scientists offered a bonobo imaginary juice and grapes in a ...

World Bonobo Day reminds us that one of our closest relatives lives by cooperation, not conflict, and now faces serious ...

Kanzi, a bonobo with exceptional language skills, took part in a make-believe tea party that demonstrated cognitive abilities ...

Given that bonobos are endangered in their home of the Democratic Republic of Congo, he added, “My hope is that that kind of ...

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It has long been known that apes can plan ahead and consider the beliefs of other individuals, but no reproducible evidence ...

Hundreds of hours of recordings suggest that the apes can generate meaning by stringing sounds together in pairs. But some scholars are skeptical. By Carl Zimmer After listening to hundreds of hours ...

In A Nutshell Kanzi, a 43-year-old bonobo, successfully tracked pretend juice poured between empty cups, choosing the correct cup 68% of the time across 50 trials: the first controlled experimental ...

Study finds bonobo apes can engage in imaginative “pretend” play making this ability not exclusive to only humans ...

Editor's Note: Due to an editing error, a previous version of this story incorrectly identified the country where Lingala is the primary language. A baby boy bonobo that was born at the Columbus Zoo ...