According to a recent survey, pygmy chimpanzees in the Congo Basin may have been hunted so extensively that the survival of the species is at risk. Gland, Switzerland - Pygmy chimpanzees or bonobos — ...

GLAND, SWITZERLAND - One of man's closest relatives, the pygmy chimpanzee, may be much closer to extinction than previously thought, a conservation group reports. A study by the Worldwide Fund for ...

Humans are not the only species to combine concepts to build more complex meaning, a new study found. Bonobo chimpanzees combine calls in a manner similar to how humans structure words to make phrases ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos are among the closest living relatives of humans. They share more than 98% of our DNA, highlighting the remarkable genetic closeness between species. Yet, these primates are ...