Scientists tested a bonobo called Kanzi and found evidence he could understand pretend objects, suggesting imagination may ...

Humans aren't the only species that can pretend, a study shows. Scientists offered a bonobo imaginary juice and grapes in a ...

The ability to imagine — to play pretend — has long been thought to be unique to humans. A new study suggests one of our closest living relatives can do it too.

Given that bonobos are endangered in their home of the Democratic Republic of Congo, he added, “My hope is that that kind of ...

New study reveals our closest relatives share the cognitive roots of imagination and pretense. Remember childhood tea parties ...

An ape was able to identify the location of imaginary objects in pretend scenarios, researchers find ...

Bonobos, great apes related to us and chimpanzees that live in the Republic of Congo, communicate with vocal calls including peeps, hoots, yelps, grunts, and whistles. Now, a team of Swiss scientists ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A newly renovated indoor habitat for the bonobos has opened up at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Zoo officials held a grand opening ceremony for the Claudine André Bonobo Indoor ...

At an animal sanctuary in the Congo, several dozen Congolese schoolchildren are getting a crash course in bonobos. These gentle, endangered apes, who resemble chimpanzees, are "our closest cousins," ...

A baby bonobo suckling her adoptive mother. Although there is evidence that adoption occurs in many species of animals, it is rare for scientists to actually observe adoption in the wild. Researchers ...