Video shows a bonobo at the Memphis Zoo strike the safety glass as it leapt toward onlookers on the other side. Zoo officials ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Officials with the Memphis Zoo announced the temporary closure of the bonobo exhibit after a Thursday ...

The study focused on Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo who died in March 2025 at the age of 44. Ape Initiative.

World Bonobo Day reminds us that one of our closest relatives lives by cooperation, not conflict, and now faces serious ...

A bonobo demonstrated the ability to track imaginary objects in controlled tests, challenging the belief that imagination is uniquely human and hinting at deep evolutionary roots. In a set of ...

In the study, three controlled experiments were used to test whether an ape could actually track a pretend object in a ...

Is the capacity to imagine unique to humans? Scientists thought so—until a bonobo named Kanzi was invited to a pretend tea party.