Bonobos are often described as gentle apes, generally calm primates that are seen as peacemakers in the animal kingdom. But ...

A new study of our two closest living relatives finds that, at least in zoos, bonobos may not be more peaceful than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bonobos live in matriarchal societies where one would expect more aggression among females, but researchers observed more ...

To find bonobos in their nests and, once found, follow these extraordinary primates and one throughout the day, without causing the animals stress or prompting them to flee. For the past 18 months, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nothing brings a group of primates together, humans included, quite like a threat from outside. Bonobos are unique among primates ...

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - Bonobos for years have had the reputation of being the cool hippies of the simian world, with a "make love, not war" ethos, in contrast to their belligerent cousins, ...

Female bonobos send one of the most confusing signals in the primate world: a bright pink genital swelling that stays fully inflated long before - and long after - they're actually fertile. It looks ...

Historically considered a more peaceful species than their chimpanzee cousins, bonobos are actually just as aggressive -- but target their ire most often at males, according to a study published ...