Female Bonobos Use Coalitions to Overturn Male-Dominated Hierarchies, Study Finds

Study: Bonobos form girl groups

NEW YORK — Female bonobos find strength in numbers, teaming up to fend off males in the wild, a new study finds.

Bonobos form girl groups, study says

NEW YORK — Female bonobos find strength in numbers, teaming up to fend off males in the wild, a new study finds.

Bonobo-females can prevail against males exceptionally often. Researchers now want to have found a reason.

How female bonobos team up to gain power over males

The key to keeping males in line? Joining forces.

Female Bonobos Ferociously Team Up To Assert Dominance Over Males

Learn more about female bonobo coalitions and how they team up to keep male bonobos in line.

Female bonobos keep males in check -- not with strength, but with solidarity

Female bonobos team up to suppress male aggression against them -- the first evidence of animals deploying this strategy. In 85% of observed coalitions, females collectively targeted males, forcing them into submission and shaping the group's dominance hierarchy. This is the first study to test drivers of female dominance in wild bonobos. The study examined 30 years of demographic and behavioral data across six wild bonobo communities. The study…