A lot of human society requires what’s called a “theory of mind”—the ability to infer the mental state of another person and adjust our actions based on what we expect they know and are thinking. We ...

Apes orphaned by the illegal trade in bushmeat and pets can overcome trauma and develop social abilities like those of their mother-reared peers. Bonobos are our closest living relatives, along with ...

Bonobos have a reputation of being the hippies of the ape world, due to their propensity to “make love, not war.” But a new study reveals that bonobos, found only in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

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 ...

Scientists were surprised at just how often the males of the species lash out at each other. Some experts suggest females may play a crucial role in the conflicts. Bonobos, one of our closest ...

Females reign supreme in bonobo society by working together to keep males in their place. By Annie Roth Male domination is the natural order of things, some people say. But bonobos, primates with whom ...

When Jane Goodall went to Gombe in Tanzania in the 1960s to study wild chimpanzees, she made a number of discoveries that changed our picture of our closest living relatives. She discovered that ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...