Bonobos live in the heart of the Congo, and the African Wildlife Foundation has set up a conservation plan to help stop the destruction of these gentle animals and their habitat. We created The Lomako Conservation Science Center in the heart of their habitat.

3 weeks ago - Bonobos inhabit primary and secondary forest, including seasonally inundated swamp forest. Because of political instability in the region, and the general timidity of bonobos, there has been relatively little field work done observing the species in its natural habitat.

Unfortunately, there are few bonobos left in their natural habitat, and so they are considered one of the most endangered of the great apes. Humans continue to move into bonobo habitat, hunting these amazing apes for food and selling their babies into the pet trade.

November 25, 2025 - Also browse by taxonomic group (Mammals, Birds, Amphibians & Reptiles, Invertebrates), or by SDZWA park habitat or Conservation Hub. In each fact sheet, find detailed information by clicking on the tabs at the top of the page. Sources are shared in the Bibliography. ... Website for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library & Archive. ... Email the SDZWA Library at [email protected]. ... Tags: africa, ape, bonobo, conservation, endangered, mammal, primate, pygmy chimpanzee, san diego zoo, sdzwa

Bonobo apes are only found in one place on the planet: the lowland rainforests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as the Congo Basin. There are roughly 156,211 square kilometers of suitable bonobo habitat in the region, within which ...

4 days ago - bonobo, or pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus) The bonobo, or pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus), is found only in lowland rainforests along the south bank of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Bonobos ( Pan paniscus ) live in the forests located centrally in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). Bonobo habitat lies in the Congo Basin.

March 8, 2024 - The river separates them from their genetic relatives, the chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Bonobos live in dense forests with trees of different heights, and they can even be found in swamp forests that flood during the rainy season.Most of

Born in 2008, Faith is an acrobatic bonobo who loves walking on two feet on the habitat firehose!

June 7, 2024 - Bonobos are xenophilic, or “loving ... Latin Name: Pan paniscus · Range: Democratic Republic of the Congo · Habitat: Tropical rainforest ·...

These trees are part of a secondary forest ecosystem and are generally in intermediate and older stages of development. These forests are also known as subclimax forests (Kortlandt 1995). At one of the field sites, Lukuru, there is an absence of swamp vegetation and bonobos utilize the mosaic of dry forest and savanna habitats (Myers Thompson 2002).

June 19, 2025 - Credit: Leon Haberkorn The Congo Basin, unique habitat for bonobo apes, has been The Congo Basin, home of endangered bonobo apes, is in the Top 10 globally for carbon storage, biodiversity and water.

Today, fewer than 20,000 bonobos are believed to remain in the Congo Basin, and The International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed Bonobos as an endangered species. Their natural habitat is become increasingly threatened by human ...

The bonobo (Pan paniscus) is an endangered primate endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Its vital habitat includes the dense, equatorial forests south of the Congo River. Its historic range is estimated to have been around 565,000 km2, but the species is now severely threatened, ...

Turmoil and increasing poverty in the area around the forests inhabited by bonobos have contributed to poaching and deforestation. Though the size of the bonobo population is largely unknown, it has likely been declining for the last 30 years.

According to Global Forest Watch, the DRC has one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world, losing nearly 1.2 million acres of primary rainforest in 2020 alone. Logging in this region contributes to the degradation and destruction of bonobo habitat.

May 29, 2025 - Bonobo habitat is shrinking. Another major threat to bonobos is deforestation. Commercial agriculture, including palm oil, wipes out thousands of acres of forest while local residents clear forests for subsistence agriculture and cut trees for fuelwood.

One characteristic bonobos are ... one of their own kind. Their habitat is dominated by giant rock outcroppings, and ropes and hammocks attached to bamboo sway poles, on which ......

Bonobos live in female-led groups and share 98.7% of our DNA. Habitat loss and civil unrest threaten their survival in the Congo Basin.

Habitat · Tropical rainforest · Food · Fruit, leaves and flowers · Weight · ♂ ± 40 kg | ♀ ± 32 kg · Age · 40 to 50 years · IUCN Status · Bedreigd · Bonobos are great apes. Out of all the primates they are the most similar to us. Our DNA is 98.6% identical to theirs!