Bonobos, along with chimpanzees, are the closest primates to humans and only found in a remote forest bank along the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Young bonobos are born with ...

Scientist have discovered that bonobos become more cheerful after they hear other bonobos giggling. Find out more here.

A primate with a penchant for sex is headed to the big screen in a family-friendly role. A feature-length film opening Friday offers an untraditional portrait of the bonobo, an endangered species ...

To most human males, the thought of your mother anywhere near your sex life is probably horrifying. Not so for the bonobo, one of our closest primate relatives. A new study confirms that hanging ...

When I first fell in love with bonobos in the early 1990s, none of my acquaintances knew a bonobo from a bonsai tree. Now, these amazing apes, who swing with each other as well as from the trees ...

Female bonobos won "cleverest monkey" against apes in a competition by the Antwerp Zoo in Belgium.The bonobo apes, more commonly known as pygmy chimpanzees, beat the group of chimpanzees 4-2 in ...

The bonobo bit through a protective mesh barrier as the primate care worker was giving food and medicine to the animals during morning rounds, the zoo said.

A bonobo at the Cincinnati Zoo bit one of their care team member's thumb while they were delivering food and medicine to the troop, causing a "complete amputation," the zoo said in a statement.

Gilda, an 18-year-old bonobo, gave birth to a boy on Sept. 8 at the institution, the zoo said. On Sept. 30, the zoo posted video of the pair making their first public appearance in their habitat.