Doug was the leader of his chimpanzee group. He had quickly gained a reputation from human observers as a fair and tolerant ...

A new study sheds light on the role of sexual behavior in apes, which has implications for understanding its evolutionary ...

We all experience stress and conflict — whether it’s an argument with a friend, workplace tension, or competition for ...

Bonobos aren’t as mellow as scientists long suspected, new research finds, challenging previously held ideas about the ...

An analysis reveals how the two primate species use sex to resolve conflicts. This suggests that the social function of sex ...

A new look into the private lives of chimpanzees has found that the primates settle disagreements with close friends by ...

“Bonobos and chimpanzees both live in very complex social structures with very rich social interactions that they have to navigate on a daily basis,” says team member Zanna Clay, also at Durham ...

Bonobos, one of humanity’s closest relatives, can tell when a human doesn’t know something and steps in to help — a cognitive ability never before identified in nonhuman apes, a study found.

Human sex is not only for reproduction ... While age did not influence the use of sex to reconcile after fights among either bonobos or chimpanzees, the researchers saw that prior to feeding ...

Using sex to manage social tension dates back over six million years to humans' common ape ancestor, according to a new study. Comparing sister ...

At Lui Kotale, his research site outside Salonga National Park, he and other researchers wear surgical masks to protect against possible transmission of human infections to the bonobos.

What would it be like to converse with a bonobo? According to primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, a lead scientist at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa, these apes cannot only understand language ...