We all experience stress and conflict — whether it’s an argument with a friend, workplace tension, or competition for ...

A new study sheds light on the role of sexual behavior in apes, which has implications for understanding its evolutionary ...

Bonobos aren’t as mellow as scientists long suspected, new research finds, challenging previously held ideas about the ...

We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that ...

A new look into the private lives of chimpanzees has found that the primates settle disagreements with close friends by ...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University studying bonobos found that they would point to where treats were hidden if they could see their human partner didn’t know where they were, according to ...

“Bonobos and chimpanzees both live in very complex social structures with very rich social interactions that they have to ...

Using sex to manage social tension dates back over six million years to humans' common ape ancestor, according to a new study. Comparing sister ...

At Lui Kotale, his research site outside Salonga National Park, he and other researchers wear surgical masks to protect against possible transmission of human infections to the bonobos.

The team found that both bonobos and chimpanzees used sex in similar ways to ease tension and reaffirm social bonds before feeding. Bonobos also often had sex more after fights to repair social ...