Conservation news https://news.mongabay.com/list/bonobos/ Environmental science and conservation news Thu, 05 Nov 2026 06:51:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/05/16160320/cropped-mongabay_icon-32x32.png News on Bonobos https://news.mongabay.com/list/bonobos/ 32 32 Four years to earn their trust: Habituating bonobos in DRC’s Salonga National Park https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/four-years-to-earn-their-trust-habituating-bonobos-in-drcs-salonga-national-park/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/four-years-to-earn-their-trust-habituating-bonobos-in-drcs-salonga-national-park/#respond 11 Jun 2026 10:56:06 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=320981 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/four-years-to-earn-their-trust-habituating-bonobos-in-drcs-salonga-national-park/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-320981 As apes adapt to human disturbance, their new behaviors also put them at risk: Study https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/as-apes-adapt-to-human-disturbance-their-new-behaviors-also-put-them-at-risk-study/ https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/as-apes-adapt-to-human-disturbance-their-new-behaviors-also-put-them-at-risk-study/#respond 24 Mar 2025 17:30:20 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=296353 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/as-apes-adapt-to-human-disturbance-their-new-behaviors-also-put-them-at-risk-study/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-296353 Study finds bonobos more diverse, and more vulnerable, than previously thought https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/study-finds-bonobos-more-diverse-and-more-vulnerable-than-previously-thought/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/study-finds-bonobos-more-diverse-and-more-vulnerable-than-previously-thought/#respond 04 Nov 2024 21:16:19 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=289666 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/study-finds-bonobos-more-diverse-and-more-vulnerable-than-previously-thought/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-289666 Africa’s great ape sanctuaries are feeling the heat from climate change https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/africas-great-ape-sanctuaries-are-feeling-the-heat-from-climate-change/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/africas-great-ape-sanctuaries-are-feeling-the-heat-from-climate-change/#respond 05 Jul 2024 22:07:30 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=284106 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/africas-great-ape-sanctuaries-are-feeling-the-heat-from-climate-change/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-284106 Bonobos, the ‘hippy apes’, may not be as peaceful as once thought https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/bonobos-the-hippy-apes-may-not-be-as-peaceful-as-once-thought/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/bonobos-the-hippy-apes-may-not-be-as-peaceful-as-once-thought/#respond 12 Apr 2024 15:39:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=280905 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/bonobos-the-hippy-apes-may-not-be-as-peaceful-as-once-thought/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-280905 No joking: Great apes can be silly and playfully tease each other, finds study https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/no-joking-great-apes-can-be-silly-and-playfully-tease-each-other-finds-study/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/no-joking-great-apes-can-be-silly-and-playfully-tease-each-other-finds-study/#respond 08 Mar 2024 17:07:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=279679 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/no-joking-great-apes-can-be-silly-and-playfully-tease-each-other-finds-study/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-279679 Male dominance isn’t the default in primate societies, new study shows https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/male-dominance-isnt-the-default-in-primate-societies-new-study-shows/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/male-dominance-isnt-the-default-in-primate-societies-new-study-shows/#respond 04 Mar 2024 17:01:08 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=279417 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/male-dominance-isnt-the-default-in-primate-societies-new-study-shows/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-279417 Bonobos and chimps recall friends and family even after years apart: Study https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/bonobos-and-chimps-recall-friends-and-family-even-after-years-apart-study/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/bonobos-and-chimps-recall-friends-and-family-even-after-years-apart-study/#respond 15 Jan 2024 06:42:59 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=277627 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/bonobos-and-chimps-recall-friends-and-family-even-after-years-apart-study/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-277627 DRC’s endangered bonobos face another threat to their survival: malaria https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/drcs-endangered-bonobos-face-another-threat-to-their-survival-malaria/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/drcs-endangered-bonobos-face-another-threat-to-their-survival-malaria/#respond 22 Mar 2023 08:19:32 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=266696 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/drcs-endangered-bonobos-face-another-threat-to-their-survival-malaria/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-266696 Easygoing bonobos accepting of outsiders, study says https://news.mongabay.com/2022/10/easygoing-bonobos-accepting-of-outsiders-study-says/ https://news.mongabay.com/2022/10/easygoing-bonobos-accepting-of-outsiders-study-says/#respond 10 Oct 2022 13:24:51 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=261276 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2022/10/easygoing-bonobos-accepting-of-outsiders-study-says/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-261276 Data from droppings: Researchers draw up a genetic ID map for chimps https://news.mongabay.com/2022/07/data-from-droppings-researchers-draw-up-a-genetic-id-map-for-chimps/ https://news.mongabay.com/2022/07/data-from-droppings-researchers-draw-up-a-genetic-id-map-for-chimps/#respond 01 Jul 2022 11:03:24 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=257891 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2022/07/data-from-droppings-researchers-draw-up-a-genetic-id-map-for-chimps/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-257891 Bonobos torn from the wild make their return, with a helping hand https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/bonobos-torn-from-the-wild-make-their-return-with-a-helping-hand/ https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/bonobos-torn-from-the-wild-make-their-return-with-a-helping-hand/#respond 07 Apr 2022 17:31:15 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=254613 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/bonobos-torn-from-the-wild-make-their-return-with-a-helping-hand/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-254613 Warming climate means scientists may have overcounted bonobos, study says https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/warming-climate-means-scientists-may-have-overcounted-bonobos-study-says/ https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/warming-climate-means-scientists-may-have-overcounted-bonobos-study-says/#respond 22 Jul 2021 16:24:15 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=245161 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/warming-climate-means-scientists-may-have-overcounted-bonobos-study-says/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-245161 For Africa’s great apes, even ‘best-case’ climate change will decimate habitat https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/for-africas-great-apes-even-best-case-climate-change-will-decimate-habitat/ https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/for-africas-great-apes-even-best-case-climate-change-will-decimate-habitat/#respond 13 Jul 2021 09:33:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=244747 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/for-africas-great-apes-even-best-case-climate-change-will-decimate-habitat/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-244747 For Africa’s great apes, a post-pandemic future looks beyond tourism https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/for-africas-great-apes-a-post-pandemic-future-looks-beyond-tourism/ https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/for-africas-great-apes-a-post-pandemic-future-looks-beyond-tourism/#respond 09 Jun 2021 12:57:11 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=243451 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/for-africas-great-apes-a-post-pandemic-future-looks-beyond-tourism/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-243451 Caring for those ‘just like us’: Q&A with vet and great ape advocate Rick Quinn https://news.mongabay.com/2021/04/caring-for-those-just-like-us-qa-with-vet-and-great-ape-advocate-rick-quinn/ https://news.mongabay.com/2021/04/caring-for-those-just-like-us-qa-with-vet-and-great-ape-advocate-rick-quinn/#respond 20 Apr 2021 13:16:53 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=241814 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2021/04/caring-for-those-just-like-us-qa-with-vet-and-great-ape-advocate-rick-quinn/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-241814 Images from a dropped phone reveal the ugly truth behind bonobo trafficking https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/images-from-a-dropped-phone-reveal-the-ugly-truth-behind-bonobo-trafficking/ https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/images-from-a-dropped-phone-reveal-the-ugly-truth-behind-bonobo-trafficking/#respond 23 Apr 2020 13:30:37 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=229333 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/images-from-a-dropped-phone-reveal-the-ugly-truth-behind-bonobo-trafficking/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-229333 Bonobo conservation stymied by deforestation, human rights abuses https://news.mongabay.com/2019/10/bonobo-conservation-stymied-by-deforestation-human-rights-abuses/ https://news.mongabay.com/2019/10/bonobo-conservation-stymied-by-deforestation-human-rights-abuses/#respond 24 Oct 2019 19:46:15 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=223780 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2019/10/bonobo-conservation-stymied-by-deforestation-human-rights-abuses/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-223780 Inside an ambitious project to rewild trafficked bonobos in the Congo Basin https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/inside-an-ambitious-project-to-rewild-trafficked-bonobos-in-the-congo-basin/ https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/inside-an-ambitious-project-to-rewild-trafficked-bonobos-in-the-congo-basin/#respond 11 Jun 2019 11:24:01 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=219380 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/inside-an-ambitious-project-to-rewild-trafficked-bonobos-in-the-congo-basin/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-219380 DRC set to reclassify national parks for oil, open rainforest to logging https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/drc-set-to-declassify-national-parks-for-oil-open-rainforest-to-logging/ https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/drc-set-to-declassify-national-parks-for-oil-open-rainforest-to-logging/#respond 19 Jul 2018 19:06:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=208543 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/drc-set-to-declassify-national-parks-for-oil-open-rainforest-to-logging/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-208543 Conservation lessons from the bonobos https://news.mongabay.com/2017/05/conservation-lessons-from-the-bonobos/ https://news.mongabay.com/2017/05/conservation-lessons-from-the-bonobos/#respond 01 May 2017 14:27:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=195264 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2017/05/conservation-lessons-from-the-bonobos/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-195264 DRC declares first new national park in 40 years https://news.mongabay.com/2016/07/drc-declares-first-new-national-park-in-20-years/ https://news.mongabay.com/2016/07/drc-declares-first-new-national-park-in-20-years/#respond 12 Jul 2016 21:17:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=187576 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2016/07/drc-declares-first-new-national-park-in-20-years/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-187576 Disease prevention a boost to human health and great ape conservation https://news.mongabay.com/2016/04/disease-prevention-boost-human-health-great-ape-conservation/ https://news.mongabay.com/2016/04/disease-prevention-boost-human-health-great-ape-conservation/#respond 21 Apr 2016 17:00:25 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=185891 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2016/04/disease-prevention-boost-human-health-great-ape-conservation/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-185891 Even minor forest disturbance can cause great ape population crashes https://news.mongabay.com/2016/03/even-minor-forest-disturbance-can-cause-great-ape-population-crashes/ https://news.mongabay.com/2016/03/even-minor-forest-disturbance-can-cause-great-ape-population-crashes/#respond 07 Mar 2016 10:57:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2016/03/even-minor-forest-disturbance-can-cause-great-ape-population-crashes/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-182343 Focus on great apes, draws attention from other species, finds study https://news.mongabay.com/2016/02/focus-on-great-apes-draws-attention-from-other-species-finds-study/ https://news.mongabay.com/2016/02/focus-on-great-apes-draws-attention-from-other-species-finds-study/#respond 12 Feb 2016 11:55:12 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2016/02/focus-on-great-apes-draws-attention-from-other-species-finds-study/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-178830 New group hopes to raise global profile of the peace-loving bonobo https://news.mongabay.com/2015/04/new-group-hopes-to-raise-global-profile-of-the-peace-loving-bonobo/ https://news.mongabay.com/2015/04/new-group-hopes-to-raise-global-profile-of-the-peace-loving-bonobo/#respond 08 Apr 2015 20:16:00 +0000 http://news.mongabaydev.co.uk/2015/04/new-group-hopes-to-raise-global-profile-of-the-peace-loving-bonobo/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2015/04/new-group-hopes-to-raise-global-profile-of-the-peace-loving-bonobo/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-23875 Camera traps capture rare footage of wild bonobos (video) https://news.mongabay.com/2014/12/camera-traps-capture-rare-footage-of-wild-bonobos-video/ https://news.mongabay.com/2014/12/camera-traps-capture-rare-footage-of-wild-bonobos-video/#respond 29 Dec 2014 16:10:00 +0000 http://news.mongabaydev.co.uk/2014/12/camera-traps-capture-rare-footage-of-wild-bonobos-video/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2014/12/camera-traps-capture-rare-footage-of-wild-bonobos-video/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-24281 Why are great apes treated like second-class species by CITES? https://news.mongabay.com/2014/09/why-are-great-apes-treated-like-second-class-species-by-cites/ https://news.mongabay.com/2014/09/why-are-great-apes-treated-like-second-class-species-by-cites/#respond 11 Sep 2014 15:20:00 +0000 http://news.mongabaydev.co.uk/2014/09/why-are-great-apes-treated-like-second-class-species-by-cites/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2014/09/why-are-great-apes-treated-like-second-class-species-by-cites/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-24707 How did Ebola Zaïre Get to Guinea? https://news.mongabay.com/2014/08/how-did-ebola-zaire-get-to-guinea/ https://news.mongabay.com/2014/08/how-did-ebola-zaire-get-to-guinea/#respond 05 Aug 2014 14:41:00 +0000 http://news.mongabaydev.co.uk/2014/08/how-did-ebola-zaire-get-to-guinea/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2014/08/how-did-ebola-zaire-get-to-guinea/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-24848 Conservation controversy: are bonobos protected in the right ways and in the right places? https://news.mongabay.com/2014/07/conservation-controversy-are-bonobos-protected-in-the-right-ways-and-in-the-right-places/ https://news.mongabay.com/2014/07/conservation-controversy-are-bonobos-protected-in-the-right-ways-and-in-the-right-places/#respond 30 Jul 2014 19:10:00 +0000 http://news.mongabaydev.co.uk/2014/07/conservation-controversy-are-bonobos-protected-in-the-right-ways-and-in-the-right-places/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2014/07/conservation-controversy-are-bonobos-protected-in-the-right-ways-and-in-the-right-places/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-24864 Invasion of the oil palm: western Africa’s native son returns, threatening great apes https://news.mongabay.com/2014/07/invasion-of-the-oil-palm-western-africas-native-son-returns-threatening-great-apes/ https://news.mongabay.com/2014/07/invasion-of-the-oil-palm-western-africas-native-son-returns-threatening-great-apes/#respond 28 Jul 2014 19:23:00 +0000 http://news.mongabaydev.co.uk/2014/07/invasion-of-the-oil-palm-western-africas-native-son-returns-threatening-great-apes/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2014/07/invasion-of-the-oil-palm-western-africas-native-son-returns-threatening-great-apes/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-24884 Setting the stage: theater troupe revives tradition to promote conservation in DRC https://news.mongabay.com/2014/07/setting-the-stage-theater-troupe-revives-tradition-to-promote-conservation-in-drc/ https://news.mongabay.com/2014/07/setting-the-stage-theater-troupe-revives-tradition-to-promote-conservation-in-drc/#respond 22 Jul 2014 16:35:00 +0000 http://news.mongabaydev.co.uk/2014/07/setting-the-stage-theater-troupe-revives-tradition-to-promote-conservation-in-drc/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2014/07/setting-the-stage-theater-troupe-revives-tradition-to-promote-conservation-in-drc/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-24906