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

Human activities such as mining, agriculture, urbanization, damming and logging threaten the habitats of great apes in Africa ...

Kanzi the bonobo, who learned how to communicate with humans using symbols, has died at the age of 44. Raised and kept in ...

Giraffes, particularly males, are known for "necking," a form of homosexual behaviour where they rub their necks against each ...

When we think of the wild, images of majestic creatures roaming freely often come to mind. However, beyond their survival ...

An analysis reveals how the two primate species use sex to resolve conflicts. This suggests that the social function of sex ...

Bonobos, often seen as the “make love, not war” apes, are famous for using sexual behavior to smooth over conflicts. Chimps, on the other hand, have been characterized as more aggressive ...

The research team challenged these assumptions by directly comparing the sexual behavior between bonobos and chimpanzees for the first time. “By directly comparing the two species in similar ...

In the first comparative study of sexual behavior among chimpanzees and bonobos, a team of researchers led by Durham University has observed how in times of social stress, both species will use ...

Some chimpanzees seem to use sexual behaviour like genital rubbing to manage stressful situations, which shows they aren’t as different from hypersexual bonobos – our other closest living ape ...

Humans share this behavioural strategy with our closest living ape relatives – bonobos and chimpanzees. Now researchers, led by Durham University, UK, have undertaken what is thought to be one ...

Consequently, the only meaningful and defensible evidence faculty truly have at their disposal is observable student behavior. Faculty can reliably assess only what students explicitly demonstrate ...