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, […]
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, […]
In the academic world, the end of summer marks the start of conference season. As a young scientist, conferences are a great opportunity to share your work with new […]
Contributed by Izzy Hirji, Candidate, Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. University of Guelph. It is an historic day to be celebrated today, and the end of an era for chimpanzees. I […]
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 […]
An important part of many conservation programs is running extensive surveys, to understand the biodiversity that presently lives in the conservation area. Wildlife surveys help conservationists understand both what lives […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“They sit and look around. They look up at the sky. To me, they seem to be thinking, ‘There’s no bars.’” – Amy Fultz Chimp Haven’s Behaviour and Education Program […]
I recently watched a BBC documentary about the Congo. It was part of a larger documentary series on Africa narrated by David Attenborough that I highly recommend. Whenever I watch […]