Bonobo mothers help their sons mate in a variety of ways, experts believe, including by directing them toward females who are ovulating. Scientists studied wild bonobos living in the Democratic ...

Many social animals share child-rearing duties, but research publishing May 20 in the journal Current Biology finds that bonobo moms go the extra step and actually take action to ensure their sons ...

Match-making mothers have meddled, for better or for worse, throughout human history. The innocent suggestion, “I know someone you might like,” can turn into a one-two punch when it’s followed by the ...

Step aside, “Tiger Moms” — these mothers aren’t monkeying around when it comes to getting grandchildren. Maternal bonobos — or pygmy chimpanzees — are aggressive matchmakers who use “social clout” to ...

New research finds that bonobo mothers take action to ensure their sons will become fathers. This way bonobo mothers increase their sons' chance of fatherhood three-fold. In many social animal species ...

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 ...