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.

The bonobo is an incredibly intelligent great ape, native to the Democratic Republic of Congo. In bonobo societies, females are in charge, and physical aggression is less common than with chimpanzees.

Bonobos challenge our perception of ape intelligence, research suggests Researchers found that these primates can communicate unknown information to help humans discover it. By JERUSALEM POST ...

Female bonobos team up to suppress male aggression against them -- the first evidence of animals deploying this strategy. In 85% of observed coalitions, females collectively targeted males ...

Kanzi has died at the age of 44. The iconic bonobo reshaped our understanding of ape intelligence, challenging long-held beliefs about what separates humans from our closest living relatives.

The scientists wondered if a pair of calls carried a meaning greater than that of two individual calls on their own. To test that hypothesis, they spent two years studying one pair in particular ...

Bonobos are highly intelligent and social primates, and interactions with them involve established protocols and safety procedures," the release states.

Researchers tested this in a game with three bonobos (Pan paniscus) living at Ape Initiative in Iowa, U.S. One bonobo, Kanzi, 44, is ... a new ‘milestone’ in ape intelligence. Shanna Hanbury.