Psychologists from Durham University, UK, have observed the behavior of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether bonobos were more likely than chimpanzees to comfort others in distress. The study ...

Along with the chimpanzee, it's our closest relative, with whom we share almost 99 percent of our genes. The last of the great apes to be discovered, it could be the first to become extinct in the ...

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With an uneasy peace in bonobo territory, conservationists and our writer ventured up the Congo River and its tributaries in search of bonobos that have survived the conflict. Paul Raffaele Biologist ...