As humans have wondered about their own capacities for thought and imagination, so too have they wondered about the mental ...

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 ...

Bonobos are highly intelligent primates capable of learning patterns, adapting strategies, and responding quickly to visual ...

Imagine you’re at a tea party with a bonobo. What kind of tea are you serving? Are there cakes? What is the bonobo wearing?

Can animals play pretend? It took a tea party with a bonobo to find out. In a set of experiments, a team of researchers offered a bonobo named Kanzi invisible juice and grapes, presenting the tests as ...

To find bonobos in their nests and, once found, follow these extraordinary primates and one throughout the day, without causing the animals stress or prompting them to flee. For the past 18 months, ...

Can animals play pretend? It took a tea party with a bonobo to find out. In a set of experiments, a team of researchers offered a bonobo named Kanzi invisible juice and grapes, presenting the tests as ...

Bonobos for years have had the reputation of being the cool hippies of the simian world, with a "make love, not war" ethos, ...

A new study examining the muscular system of bonobos provides firsthand evidence that the rare great ape species may be more closely linked, anatomically, to human ancestors than common chimpanzees.