Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

Des Moines’ Ape Initiative, as well as scientists and animal lovers around the world, are mourning the loss of Kanzi, the ...

Kanzi, the world’s most celebrated bonobo who learned to communicate and play Minecraft with humans, died last week in Iowa, U.S., at the age of 44. Ape Initiative, a research organization in the city ...

Wildstar Films (a Fremantle company) is in production on a documentary telling the real-life story of the world’s most famous ...

Kidnapped from his family as an infant, then raised by a drug lord before ending up in a Colombian zoo, Yoko the chimpanzee ...

Ape Initiative and Wildstar Films are preparing a documentary about Kanzi, the Bonobo primate, particularly focusing on his ...

In the USA, at the Ape Initiative conservation center, a male bonobo chimpanzee Kanzi died. He was 44 years old. He had ...

Animal biotechnology is a branch of biotechnology in which molecular biology techniques are used to genetically engineer (i.e. modify the genome of) animals in order to improve their suitability ...

Humans may have taken over the planet with our amazing intellect, but that doesn't mean the animal kingdom is filled with ...

There are many famous examples of animals who seem to understand human language. But is there any real science behind them?

The famous ape reportedly knew thousands of words, loved Clint Eastwood movies, and was a big fan of video games.

Kanzi was raised at the Language Research Center at Georgia State University, where scientists spent a few years trying to ...