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After a 2-hour boat trip on Lake Victoria, across the Equator, I arrived at Ngamba Island, a chimpanzee haven in Uganda. Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary currently hosts 48 chimpanzees, all rescued from illegal ownership and/or orphaned by hunting activities in Uganda or neighboring countries.
10-Day-Internship at the Kyoto University Primate Research Institute, Inuyama by Nina Negi I couldn’t believe it when Andrew JJ MacIntosh, D. Sc. (Associate Professor of the Kyoto University Primate Research Institute) answered my email. He told me that even though the...
Giraffes are in trouble. Their plight in Africa, as well as new insights in to their behavior and ecology, are the subject of the latest issue of African Journal of Ecology. Giraffe conservation - A tall order Giraffe numbers have plummeted by over 50% in the last few decades...
An Earth Day special with a visiting high school intern. The PrimateCast had a rare opportunity this week to enlist a 16 year old high school student intern to produce a podcast of her very own. We are now proud to present to you Nina's Passion, a rough guide to finding your passion.
The third edition of our SCCS coverage from around the world
From March 24-26, the 16th edition of the Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) Cambridge, was hosted by the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. Since the very first conference held...
Conkouati-douli National Park, Republic of the Congo – Summer 2010. I was volunteering with HELP Congo, a program rescuing and reintroducing chimpanzees into the wild - “The only sanctuary in Africa that has no...