Wild video from the Memphis Zoo shows the moment an ape lunged at visitors, smashing a glass enclosure. The Memphis Zoo said the bonobo may have been triggered by disruptive guests. In an interview ...

The Memphis Zoo has closed its bonobo exhibit for glass repairs after it was damaged by a primate that launched toward onlookers. Video verified by NBC News shows a bonobo strike the safety glass amid ...

Our ability to imagine is part of what makes us who we are—not just as individuals, but also as humans. It turns out, though, that we may not be the only species capable of playing pretend. In a ...

A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the ...

A bonobo called Kanzi was the first non-human animal observed to clearly grasp the concept of make believe. In a ‘tea party’ task, Kanzi learnt to choose a cup that scientists had pretended to fill ...

Can animals play pretend? It took a tea party with a bonobo to find out. In a set of experiments, a team of researchers offered a bonobo named Kanzi invisible juice and grapes, presenting the tests as ...

Little kids hosting make-believe tea parties is a fixture of childhood playtime and long presumed to be exclusively a human ability. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University presented evidence in a new ...

A bonobo that took part in a pretend tea party like those acted out by young children has shown that our closest primate relatives have the capacity for make believe. Kanzi the bonobo (Pan paniscus) ...