Doug was the leader of his chimpanzee group. He had quickly gained a reputation from human observers as a fair and tolerant ...

Kanzi the bonobo, who learned how to communicate with humans using symbols, has died at the age of 44. Raised and kept in ...

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

Kanzi, an iconic Bonobo, who had ‘mastered the English language’, loved the video game Minecraft and had an adoration for ...

“Bonobos and chimpanzees both live in very complex social structures with very rich social interactions that they have to ...

The famous ape reportedly knew thousands of words, loved Clint Eastwood movies, and was a big fan of video games.

The bonobo Kanzi, who learned to make stone tools, play Minecraft and communicate at the level of a 2-year-old human, has ...

He inspired people to learn about and help protect bonobos for more than four decades,” the organization said in its news release. Kanzi first learned to communicate with humans at Georgia State ...

Kanzi was raised at the Language Research Center at Georgia State University, where scientists spent a few years trying to ...

An analysis reveals how the two primate species use sex to resolve conflicts. This suggests that the social function of sex existed within the ancestral relative we share with them ...

Ape Initiative and Wildstar Films are preparing a documentary about Kanzi, the Bonobo primate, particularly focusing on his ...