World Bonobo Day reminds us that one of our closest relatives lives by cooperation, not conflict, and now faces serious ...

Scientists have documented same-sex behavior in many animals. Learn what it means, how it varies, and why human labels can mislead.

Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery ...

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 ...

It has long been known that apes can plan ahead and consider the beliefs of other individuals, but no reproducible evidence ...

The ability to imagine — to play pretend — has long been thought to be unique to humans. A new study suggests one of our closest living relatives can do it too.

Benjamin Beck, an authority on "tooling," offers a state-of-the art clarification of this fascinating behavior and why it's ...

The female red-sided garter snake, a species native to Manitoba, Canada, has no shortage of potential lovers. According to Christopher Friesen at the University of Wollongong in Australia, anywhere ...

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

Zoo staff say the female hawk and female turkey vulture share food, preen each other and have even attempted to raise eggs.

Young primates in a southern African nature park were observed to constantly interfere when their mother was giving attention ...

New research suggests bonobos can engage in pretend play, a behavior long thought to be uniquely human. New research suggests ...