Gorillas and chimpanzees, like humans, have long been known to get infected with malaria. But evidence of the parasite’s effects on bonobos, one of humankind’s closest genetic relatives, has been scant. Now, new research suggests that bonobos do suffer from malaria infection, and that the disease could threaten the survival of some of the species’ … Continue reading DRC’s endangered bonobos face another threat to their survival: malaria