Bonobos are what you’d call sexually dimorphic, meaning the females and the males are noticeably different. The males are ...

Forget the athletes or the movie stars, Bonobos has opted for a comedy duo for its latest ad campaign. The menswear brand has tapped Joe Santagato and Frank Alvarez, comedians and hosts of the ...

Female bonobos linked up even when they didn’t have close ties, supporting one another against the males and cementing their social standing. The observations show how female bonobos work together to ...

Bonobos, which are among our closest living relatives, live in rare societies where females tend to outrank males, even though males are larger and stronger. Scientists compiled decades of observation ...

Photograph by Christian Ziegler By banding together in coalitions—meaning groups of two or more animals, but usually three to five—female bonobos both reduce the danger posed by males and catapult ...

Biologically speaking, female and male bonobos have a weird relationship. First, there's the sex. It's the females who decide when and with whom they mate. They easily parry unwanted sexual ...

By Annie Roth Male domination is the natural order of things, some people say. But bonobos, primates with whom we share nearly 99 percent of our DNA, beg to differ. Bonobos are great apes that ...

People have been left in awe of a man who spent weeks studying how bonobos communicate and managed to mimic their behaviors ...

Female bonobos team up to suppress male aggression against them -- the first evidence of animals deploying this strategy. In 85% of observed coalitions, females collectively targeted males ...

NEW YORK — Female bonobos find strength in numbers, teaming up to fend off males in the wild, a new study finds. Along with chimpanzees, bonobos are among humans' closest relatives. Scientists ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Female bonobos find strength in numbers, teaming up to fend off males in the wild, a new study finds. How ancient reptile footprints are rewriting the history of when animals ...