What Does a Canadian Primatologist Do?
When I was growing up, I heard stories about Jane Goodall and her work in Gombe with the chimps. We all did, right? I heard stories about other researchers, too, […]
Tag Archives: primate behaviour
Crop Raiding: A Conservation Catastrophe
Imagine for a moment that you are a rural farmer in Uganda. You marry and start a family. To be able to provide for them, you decide to grow crops. […]
Chimps Ate My Monkey!
In the summer 2011, I was working in Kibale National Park – a lush rainforest in Southern Uganda. Part of my PhD project involved following a group of red colobus […]
A Little Laughter Goes a Long Way
Written by Guest Contributor, Jesse Hildebrand. Chimpanzees laugh when tickled. That’s right – for those stealthy and foolhardy enough to sneak up on a chimp, it is indeed possible to […]
Justin Bieber’s Pet Capuchin is in Quarantine Instead of the Forest
Contributed by JGI Canada blog contributor, Mallory. The pet trade, legal or illegal, domestic or international, poses a serious hindrance to primate conservation efforts. Research has suggested a linear increase […]
Evolution of Chimpanzee and Human Sleeping Patterns
When I started my undergrad I knew I was interested in human evolution. This interest developed into a fascination with our closest relatives. I wanted to understand where we came […]
A ‘Great’ Crisis
I have been thinking a great deal about happiness and how we can best study the happiness of our species. That is why a recent study on great ape mood […]
Michael Jackson’s Chimp, Bubbles: A failed attempt at keeping a chimpanzee
Many Michael Jackson fans might recall his iconic pet chimpanzee, Bubbles, with whom he was inseparable back in the late 1980s. Bubbles was never far from Jackson’s side, and often […]
Working on Working Memory
Several years ago, I remember being amazed by a video of a chimpanzee named Ayumu from Kyoto University’s Primate Research Institute. Ayumu appeared to be an incredibly gifted individual with […]
Less Than Entertaining
A few weeks ago, my husband and I were watching the second season of an older television show on Netflix. In one of the episodes, the main characters investigate the […]
