The study has been published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior. The researchers studied 40 bonobos at the Lola ya ...

New research shows bonobos and chimpanzees comfort others at similar rates, challenging old beliefs about ape empathy.

Researchers have offered new insight into how our closest ape relatives - bonobos and chimpanzees – show empathy towards each other through ...

Photograph by Christian Ziegler By banding together in coalitions—meaning groups of two or more animals, but usually three to ...

The study found that bonobos and chimpanzees console at similar rates, with greater variation within each species than ...

A new study published in the journal 'Current Biology', reveals how female bonobos in Congo form powerful alliances to ...

However, observations by Dr. Surbeck and his team, and those of other researchers, challenge the harmonious stereotyping of ...

Juvenile bonobo embraces a distressed companion during post-conflict consolation. Psychologists from Durham University, UK, observed the behaviour of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether ...