By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - Bonobos for years have had the reputation of being the cool hippies of the ...

Chimpanzees have a reputation for being aggressive, while bonobos are often seen as their peaceful counterparts. This ...

The stereotype of violent chimpanzees and peaceful bonobos may be wrong, according to new research comparing aggression in both apes.

Kanzi, a bonobo, demonstrated symbolic pretend play by correctly tracking the location of imaginary juice in controlled experiments, showing cognitive abilities previously thought to be unique to ...

Researchers set up a series of tea party-like experiments with Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo who had provided decades worth of scientific knowledge before his death last year. Their findings, ...

Learn how comparing aggression in chimpanzees and bonobos challenges the long-held belief that chimpanzees are the more violent of our closest ape relatives.

(CNN) — Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery stores. Now, a new study suggests that such make-believe play is not ...

Recent scientific discoveries include a new dinosaur species in Brazil, reassessment of bonobo behavior, and evidence of Roman use of human excrement in medicine. The dinosaur, Dasosaurus ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kanzi was a famous bonobo who could understand spoken English and taught scientists a lot about primate behavior. He participated ...