The idiom “monkey see, monkey do” refers to someone copying an action without putting much thought into it. It literally lays the blame at a monkey’s feet, but a new study shows that bonobos will ...

Some great apes realize when a human partner doesn’t know something and are capable of communicating information to them to ...

Ever since a giant gorilla scaled the Empire State Building with a beautiful damsel in his hand in 1933's King Kong, ...

New research has revealed that bonobos and chimps can recognize when humans don’t know something, a skill once thought to be ...

Recognising that someone lacks information you possess is key for effective communication and cooperation, and bonobos seem ...

In a lab test, chimps and orangutans can recognize their own reflection. But in the wild, baboons seemingly can’t do the same.