World Bonobo Day highlights the urgent need to protect bonobos from habitat destruction, poaching, and deforestation.

The bonobo, named Teco, who tended to point at the food a lot in all circumstances, also reminded us of another caution: ...

To get treats, apes eagerly pointed them out to humans who didn't know where they were, a seemingly simple experiment that ...

New research seems to suggest bonobos could possess some form of theory of mind. But there's a bit more to it than that.

An experiment shows that bonobos can understand when a human lacks knowledge and point them in the right direction ...

New research has revealed that bonobos and chimps can recognize when humans don’t know something, a skill once thought to be ...

A first-of-its-kind study suggests bonobos, like humans, can understand someone else’s lack of knowledge—and adjust their ...

Some great apes realize when a human partner doesn’t know something and are capable of communicating information to them to ...

Researchers tested if apes could exercise “theory of mind” and found that they can tell if someone is ignorant and will leap ...

A cooperation experiment shows for the first time that animals, as well as people, are capable of communicating new ...

Recognising that someone lacks information you possess is key for effective communication and cooperation, and bonobos seem ...