Dr. Patterson remarked, "Koko broke the stereotype of gorillas as merely wild animals, adding momentum to efforts for gorilla conservation." Interestingly, it is said that bonobo Kanzi learned ...

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

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

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

Some people associate such animals with night, mystery, or even evil ... It’s found in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Congo Basin and eats fruit. Unlike the common 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 ...

Most animals have no hardwired evolutionary reason to care about human language. But dogs, who've lived alongside humans for at least 14,000 years , have a special motivation to listen to their ...

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 ...