Barbara J. King remembers the first time she met Kanzi the bonobo. It was the late 1990s, and the ape was living in a research center in Georgia. King walked in and told Kanzi she had a present.

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 ...

Des Moines’ Ape Initiative, as well as scientists and animal lovers around the world, are mourning the loss of Kanzi, the bonobo who became famous for his trail-blazing language abilities. Kanzi ...

Kanzi has died at the age of 44. The iconic bonobo reshaped our understanding of ape intelligence, challenging long-held beliefs about what separates humans from our closest living relatives.

Kanzi, the famous bonobo at Des Moines' Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative, has died at the age of 44. He had been his normal, happy self, and was even playing in the towers the day he died ...

Panbanisha, 26, died of a cold Tuesday night at the Great Ape Trust Bonobo Hope in Des Moines, which is under scrutiny for its care of the animals, the paper says, citing staff e-mails.

But you don’t need to be a scientist to recognize how similar these animals are to humans. All you need to do is watch this video of a baby Bonobo finding her best angles and smiling for the camera.

For the Bonobo, Ape Ryder chose a full-suspension setup with an inverted fork at the front and a shock at the rear, spotted right below the saddle. The rear is rocking crankarm functionality. Once ...

SIOUX CITY -- Buena Vista University professor Ken Schweller has taught seven bonobos to communicate through his work with the Bonobo Hope Great Ape Sanctuary, a Des Moines nonprofit organization.

May 10, 2024 5:46 PM PHT Reuters INFO For Kevin Durand, who plays the bonobo ape Proximus Caesar, meeting his co-stars as apes before meeting them as their real-life human selves was special ...

Bonobos have a reputation as lovers, not fighters. But the primate species — perhaps infamous for using sex as a conflict resolution tool — exhibits more complex behavior around mating than previously ...