Bonobo Archives - Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden https://cincinnatizoo.org/category/bonobo/ Inspiring everyone with wildlife every day! Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:26:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://cincinnatizoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-CZBG-full-whitetrim_expanded_Shadow_R-cropped-32x32.png Bonobo Archives - Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden https://cincinnatizoo.org/category/bonobo/ 32 32 Valentine’s Day with a Twist: Celebrating World Bonobo Day at the Zoo https://cincinnatizoo.org/valentines-day-with-a-twist-celebrating-world-bonobo-day-at-the-zoo/ https://cincinnatizoo.org/valentines-day-with-a-twist-celebrating-world-bonobo-day-at-the-zoo/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:52:40 +0000 https://cincinnatizoo.org/?p=252460 The post Valentine’s Day with a Twist: Celebrating World Bonobo Day at the Zoo appeared first on Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.

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]]> https://cincinnatizoo.org/cincinnati-zoos-2025-barrows-conservation-series-is-back/feed/ 0 We 💚 World Bonobo Day https://cincinnatizoo.org/we-world-bonobo-day/ https://cincinnatizoo.org/we-world-bonobo-day/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2023 07:52:00 +0000 https://blog.cincinnatizoo.org/?p=18265 When thinking about February 14th, the first thing that comes to mind is Valentine’s Day. On this day, we celebrate love and romance. This day is also shared with our closest living relatives, bonobos. World Bonobo Day is the day we celebrate a very peaceful, loving, kind ape species. Here at The Cincinnati Zoo, we […]

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]]> https://cincinnatizoo.org/we-world-bonobo-day/feed/ 4 Bonobo Birthdays and Historic Bonobo Rewilding! https://cincinnatizoo.org/bonobo-birthdays-and-historic-bonobo-rewilding/ https://cincinnatizoo.org/bonobo-birthdays-and-historic-bonobo-rewilding/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2022 19:56:47 +0000 http://blog.cincinnatizoo.org/?p=17541 Every day is special at the zoo, but this week has been quite the celebration in Jungle Trails! We have two birthdays within the area – Bonobo Lana & Keeper Matt. The festivities feel extra special, due to recent major conservation successes from Friends of Bonobos in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.   Birthday Buddies […]

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]]> https://cincinnatizoo.org/bonobo-birthdays-and-historic-bonobo-rewilding/feed/ 9 Happy World Bonobo Day 2022! https://cincinnatizoo.org/happy-world-bonobo-day-2022/ https://cincinnatizoo.org/happy-world-bonobo-day-2022/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2022 21:16:50 +0000 http://blog.cincinnatizoo.org/?p=17281 February 14th is known by many as Valentine’s Day, but here at the zoo we celebrate a slightly different holiday. Bonobos are our closest living relatives (they share the title with chimpanzees who belong to the same genus, Pan). While we share about 98.7% of our DNA, one of the things that makes bonobos unique […]

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]]> https://cincinnatizoo.org/happy-world-bonobo-day-2022/feed/ 4 Celebrating World Bonobo Day https://cincinnatizoo.org/celebrating-world-bonobo-day/ https://cincinnatizoo.org/celebrating-world-bonobo-day/#comments Fri, 14 Feb 2020 10:00:01 +0000 http://blog.cincinnatizoo.org/?p=15863 By the Bonobo Care team – Jungle Trails Bonobos are man’s closest living relatives, sharing over 98% of the same DNA. Bonobos share defining primate traits with humans like opposable thumbs, the largest brains per body size, and eyes on the front of their faces creating binocular vision and superior depth perception. As a result, […]

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]]> https://cincinnatizoo.org/celebrating-world-bonobo-day/feed/ 2 Be A Bonobo Valentine as the Cincinnati Zoo Celebrates World Bonobo Day on February 14! https://cincinnatizoo.org/be-a-bonobo-valentine-as-the-cincinnati-zoo-celebrates-world-bonobo-day-on-february-14/ https://cincinnatizoo.org/be-a-bonobo-valentine-as-the-cincinnati-zoo-celebrates-world-bonobo-day-on-february-14/#comments Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:10:25 +0000 http://blog.cincinnatizoo.org/?p=14314 On Feb 14, Valentine’s Day, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (CZBG) and conservation organizations across the planet recognize the 2nd annual World Bonobo Day.  Very appropriate day considering the bonobos’ affinity for “extreme closeness” with each other.  This charismatic species of primate has been part of our community here in Cincinnati since the late […]

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]]> https://cincinnatizoo.org/be-a-bonobo-valentine-as-the-cincinnati-zoo-celebrates-world-bonobo-day-on-february-14/feed/ 2 Bonobo Super Group Together at the Cincinnati Zoo https://cincinnatizoo.org/bonobo-super-group-together-at-the-cincinnati-zoo/ Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:38:42 +0000 http://cincinnatizoo.org/?p=177578 All females and youngsters temporarily in one gregarious group CINCINNATI, OH (November 3, 2015) – Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden visitors will have the rare opportunity to witness all of the female bonobos & their babies together in one big group now through November 15.  The super group includes two new females “Lana” and daughter […]

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]]> Baby Bonobo Born at Cincinnati Zoo https://cincinnatizoo.org/baby-bonobo-born-at-cincinnati-zoo/ Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:34:11 +0000 http://cincinnatizoo.org/?p=174791 Milestone birth for this critically endangered species.                    CINCINNATI, OH (April 9, 2015) –The baby boom at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden continues! Sixteen-year old bonobo (pronounced bah NO bow) “Zanga,” mother of four-year-old “Clara,” gave birth to a healthy male on March 16. Mom and baby, […]

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]]> Baby Bonobo On the Way! https://cincinnatizoo.org/valentines-day-celebration-surprise/ Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:01:26 +0000 http://cincinnatizoo.org/?p=173881 Curator of primates announces that a baby bonobo is on the way                      CINCINNATI, OH (February 13, 2015) – Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s curator of primates, Ron Evans, picked today’s Valentine’s Day celebration as the perfect occasion to announce that 16-year-old bonobo “Zanga” is pregnant and due in March! This is the Cincinnati Zoo’s 9th […]

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