COLUMBUS, Ohio — A newly renovated indoor habitat for the bonobos has opened up at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Zoo officials held a grand opening ceremony for the Claudine André Bonobo Indoor ...

POWELL, Ohio — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is celebrating the birth of a baby bonobo, marking the 18th born at the facility. The male bonobo was born on Aug. 11 to Kibibi, a first-time mother.

Big milestone alert at the Cincinnati Zoo—Daisy the baby bonobo has taken her very first bites of solid food! This adorable moment marks an exciting step in Daisy’s growth and development as she ...

Science becomes even more remarkable when something unexpected occurs. Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire recently documented a rare scientific milestone. On September 25 of 2025, mother Yuli gave birth ...

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When Bill Fields began working with bonobo chimpanzees eight years ago, it wasn't just a new job. To start with, he became a single parent -- to a baby bonobo. Fields also gained an extended family -- ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, there's an effort to save one of humankind's closest living relatives: the bonobo. This benefits the animals, brain research and the economy of the DRC. The ...

This story appears in the March 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. In a remote forest sector of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, along the north bank of the Luo River, 50 miles by dirt ...