Bonobos dying as they flee hunters
Hunting may be altering the social ecology of our closest living relative, the pygmy chimpanzee, or bonobo, making this endangered ape even more difficult to study and protect. A new survey of the Lomako forest, a 3600-square-kilometre region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), found more bonobos than expected, says Jef Dupain of the African Wildlife Foundation in Kanshasa (DRC), who carried out the study. But because their distribution was a lot patchier than has been seen previously, there were fewer actual nest sites, so the bonobos were more difficult to find.