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A baby bonobo was born May 30 at the Milwaukee County Zoo, the zoo announced in a news release. Now, it’s ready for visitors.
The Milwaukee County Zoo on Wednesday announced that a baby bonobo was born to Elema on May 30. The Milwaukee County Zoo on ...
The Milwaukee County Zoo announced the birth of a baby bonobo. According to a news release, the mom, Elema, and the baby are ...
Great apes – bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans – all emit play calls that acoustically resemble human chuckles.
Scientist have discovered that bonobos become more cheerful after they hear other bonobos giggling. Find out more here.
A bonobo named Louise, born into captivity at the San Diego Zoo, lived with her sister, Loretta, and nephew, Erin, before being transferred to the Japan’s Kumamoto Sanctuary in 1992.. In the ...
Bonobos, our evolutionary cousins in the primate family, may be able to use vocal sounds to communicate meaning in a way that had previously only been observed in humans, according to a study ...
A groundbreaking study has successfully adapted the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) for bonobos, providing new insights into primate communication and emotional expression. Researchers from ...
Nyota, a 25-year-old male bonobo at Ape Initiative in Iowa, participated in the study. Ape Initiative. If someone is supposed to give you a snack, but you know that they don’t know where that ...
A baby bonobo was born May 30 at the Milwaukee County Zoo, the zoo announced in a news release. Now, it’s ready for visitors. The baby is 12-year-old mother Elema’s firstborn ape. Both are ...