Unlike the male-dominated societies of their chimpanzee relatives, bonobo society—in which females enjoy a higher social status than males—has a "make-love-not-war" kind of image. While chimpanzee ...

Nothing brings a group of primates together, humans included, quite like a threat from outside. Bonobos are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos, even during conflicts with ...

Bonobos have enjoyed a make-love-not-war image, thanks to their highly promiscuous sexual behavior and the fact that bonobo females have higher social status than males. Now it’s time to revise the ...

Scientists now know how many bonobos live in one of the largest pristine tropical forests, a place believed to be the world’s stronghold for the endangered species. The research, conducted over two ...

Biologists have documented groups of bonobos performing complex actions to extract food -- a characteristic that has hitherto been regarded as an exclusive evolutionary advantage of archaic pre-humans ...