According to a recent survey, pygmy chimpanzees in the Congo Basin may have been hunted so extensively that the survival of the species is at risk. Gland, Switzerland - Pygmy chimpanzees or bonobos — ...

Humans are not the only species to combine concepts to build more complex meaning, a new study found. Bonobo chimpanzees combine calls in a manner similar to how humans structure words to make phrases ...

We all love seeing videos of baby animals, and who can resist a video celebrating a little one's first birthday! Cincinnati shared an adorable video of their baby bonobo, Daisy, featuring clips from ...

The real question is whether the expression employed by non human apes conveys the same information and serves the same function. Does it affirm mutual vulnerability precisely the way ours does? Let’s ...

Papers presented at a conference to observe the centenary of the birth of Robert Mearns Yerkes, held at the Yerkes Primate Research Center, Emory University, Oct. 26-27, 1976. Contents Introduction / ...

WASHINGTON - Chimpanzees are more closely related to people than to gorillas or other monkeys and probably should be included in the human branch of the family tree, a research team says. The idea, ...