Amalia Bastos first met Kanzi the bonobo in 2023. Bastos was “starstruck,” she recalls: Kanzi was famous for learning how to communicate with humans using a keyboard of symbols. Upon first seeing ...

In a playtime experiment, scientists found that apes, our closest living relatives, have the capacity for make-believe, too.

Scientists used the April 2024 solar eclipse to show how animals adjust their behavior when daylight suddenly disappears.

In a series of tea party-like experiments, Johns Hopkins University researchers demonstrated for the first time that apes can ...

Apes can use imaginary objects in the same way as human children, new research suggests. A series of tea party-like ...

The findings indicate that bonobos—or at least that Kanzi had—have the capacity to imagine, says Christopher Krupenye, an ...

In the first demonstration of pretend play in a non-human, the ape favoured a cup filled with imaginary juice over one with ...

Discover how an ape playing tea party teaches us humans are not the only beings with complex mental lives.

New study reveals our closest relatives share the cognitive roots of imagination and pretense. Remember childhood tea parties ...

Given that bonobos are endangered in their home of the Democratic Republic of Congo, he added, “My hope is that that kind of ...

Kanzi, a bonobo with exceptional language skills, took part in a make-believe tea party that demonstrated cognitive abilities ...