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

Scientists observed 53 bonobos (Pan paniscus) at the Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary in Congo and 75 chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) across two groups at Chimfunshi in Zambia. The scientists analyzed their ...

“Bonobos and chimpanzees both live in very complex social structures with very rich social interactions that they have to navigate on a daily basis,” says team member Zanna Clay, also at Durham ...

The researchers spent more than 1,400 hours in the field over seven months, observing 53 bonobos (in three separate groups) and 75 chimpanzees (two groups) living at the Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary ...

Credit: Jake Brooker/Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust Two juvenile bonobos embrace at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary, DR Congo. Credit: Zanna Clay/Lola ya Bonobo However, bonobos also often had sex ...

The study took place at two African great ape sanctuaries: Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust in Zambia. In total over 1,400 hours of ...

Kanzi, the famous bonobo at Des Moines' Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative, has died at the age of 44. He had been his normal, happy self, and was even playing in the towers the day he died ...

We compared their sexual behavior with a group of bonobos slightly over 1,000 miles away at the Lola Ya Bonobo sanctuary, near Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Chimps and bonobos ...

The study took place at two African great ape sanctuaries: Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust in Zambia. In total over 1,400 ...