An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives, and story summaries. Few apes ...

In the world of anime, few names resonate as profoundly as Shinichirō Watanabe. Renowned for his innovative storytelling and unique artistic vision, Watanabe is back with a fresh ...

Bonobos, our closest relatives, may not speak, but they use something strikingly similar to human language. A new study from researchers at the University of Zurich and Harvard University reveals that ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives, and story summaries. Few apes ...

Few apes have done more to unsettle human certainties than Kanzi the bonobo. He wasn’t the first ... minds — but his life narrowed the gulf we draw between “us” and “them.” ...

Three separate Lazarus soundtracks from Kamasi Washington, Bonobo, and Floating points are debuting on April 11th. Three separate Lazarus soundtracks from Kamasi Washington, Bonobo, and ...

Bonobo enlisted the singer Jacob Lusk on vocals for the dreamy “Dark Will Fall,” while the Floating Points track “Dexion” is wordless and dancey. Listen to all three songs and see all ...

Kanzi, the world’s most celebrated bonobo who learned to communicate and play Minecraft with humans, died last week in Iowa, U.S., at the age of 44. Ape Initiative, a research organization in ...

CNN host Michael Smerconish slammed celebratory liberal reactions to violent acts being committed at Tesla locations and against individual Tesla owners in the name of objecting to CEO Elon Musk ...

In private, his refuge was drawing. Hugo’s ink and wash visions of imaginary castles, monsters and seascapes are as poetic as his writing. His works inspired Romantic and Symbolist poets, and many ...

The iconic bonobo reshaped our understanding of ape intelligence ... He was living proof that the artificial boundaries we draw between human and nonhuman intelligence are flimsier and far ...

In a post on Facebook, the initiative said that Kanzi, a 44-year-old bonobo, died Tuesday afternoon. According to the post, Kanzi didn’t show any signs of discomfort or illness, and had even been ...