Initiative announced on social media Wednesday that one of their bonobos has died. In a post on Facebook, the initiative said ...
The famous ape reportedly knew thousands of words, loved Clint Eastwood movies, and was a big fan of video games.
Kanzi, the famous bonobo at Des Moines' Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative, has died at the age of 44. He had been his normal, happy self, and was even playing in the towers the day he died ...
They observed a range of behaviors: Genital touch, either by hand or foot; genito-genital contact, which saw two apes – most commonly female bonobos – engage in mutual genital rubbing ...
Des Moines’ Ape Initiative, as well as scientists and animal lovers around the world, are mourning the loss of Kanzi, the ...
Humans share this behavioral strategy with our closest living ape relatives—bonobos and chimpanzees. Now researchers, led by Durham University, UK, have undertaken what is thought to be one of ...
Ape Initiative and Wildstar Films are preparing a documentary about Kanzi, the Bonobo primate, particularly focusing on his ...
By Perry Beeman Kanzi, a Des Moines resident bonobo known internationally for his communication skills, died Tuesday, most ...