Chimpanzees are often cast as a mirror to our darkest tendencies, embodying violence, territoriality and power struggles. In ...

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

Shutterstock Image It seems like girl power is something that transcends across species. While human females tend to stick ...

Chimpanzees are often cast as a mirror to our darkest tendencies, embodying violence, territoriality and power struggles. In ...

Humans surprisingly share a significant portion of their DNA with diverse life forms, from chimpanzees (98.8%) and bonobos ...

Humans have long dreamed of talking with the animals, using spoken language. Yet, the perfect model for cross-species ...

New research finds chimpanzees and bonobos comfort each other like humans, challenging long-held views about empathy ...

New research from Durham University in the United Kingdom shows that chimpanzees and bonobos are just as capable of showing empathy as humans. In a study published in Evolution and Human Behavior, ...

The finding challenges long-held assumptions that bonobos are the more empathic ape and instead highlights the variation ...

How great apes are champions of empathy Long seen as the champions of empathy, bonobos actually share this title with their chimpanzee cousins. Age plays a crucial role in the empathy of these great ...

Empathy Across Species. The study found that bonobos and chimpanzees console at similar rates, with greater variation within ...

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