A biotech company recently announced that it's implanted another pig kidney into a human recipient. Here's what to know.

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 ...

Researchers studied the DNA of two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals excavated in the Takarkori rock shelter in ...

Scientists have made a leap in genetic engineering by pushing elephant cells into an embryonic-like state. This marks a major ...

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Bonobos—our closest living relatives—create complex and meaningful combinations of calls resembling the word combinations of ...

Bonobos are our closest living relatives along with chimpanzees, both sharing around 98.8 percent of their DNA with humans.

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Des Moines’ Ape Initiative, as well as scientists and animal lovers around the world, are mourning the loss of Kanzi, the ...

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“Our team is absolutely devasted,” the Facebook post says in part. “We are focused on ensuring Kanzi’s bonobo family members and human caregivers receive the care and support that they need. We ask ...

The Ape Initiative said they're focused on ensuring Kanzi's bonobo family and human caregivers receive the care they need. "We are absolutely devastated," the Ape Initiative wrote on Facebook.