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Great apes are facing an "inevitable crisis" arising from climate change, a leading conservationist has warned.

31 May 2007

Great apes are facing an "inevitable crisis" arising from climate change, a leading conservationist has warned. Dr Richard Leakey said that growing pressure to switch… Read more...

Forests and climate change

14 May 2007

Deforestation: The hidden cause of global warmingIn the next 24 hours, deforestation will release as much CO2 into the atmosphere as 8 million people flying… Read more...

Tropical forests are the elephant in the living room of climate change

14 May 2007

Deforestation: The hidden cause of global warming In the next 24 hours, deforestation will release as much CO2 into the atmosphere as 8 million people… Read more...

Apes may lead to origin of language

30 April 2007

Apes may lead to origin of language: researchers By Will Dunham Mon Apr 30, 9:18 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A male chimpanzee may beg… Read more...

Ape Allies pay tribute to Jim Cronin

21 April 2007

Dynamic and dedicated By Juliette Astrup MONKEYING AROUND: Jim and wife Alison during a break from filming popular TV show Monkey BusinessTHE death of Monkey… Read more...

Orang-utan extinction threat shortens

17 April 2007

Williams N. (2007). Orang-utan extinction threat shortens. Current Biology 17(8):R261 www.current-biology.com Read more...

Assessing the failure of a community-based human-wildlife conflict mitigation project in Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda

9 April 2007

A. D. Webber, C. M. Hill and V. Reynolds (2007). Assessing the failure of a community-based human-wildlife conflict mitigation project in Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda.… Read more...

Patterns of gastrointestinal bacterial exchange between chimpanzees and humans involved in research and tourism in western Uganda

8 April 2007

Tony L. Goldberg, Thomas R. Gillespie, Innocent B. Rwego, Emily Wheeler, Elizabeth L. Estoff, Colin A. Chapman Biological Conservation, Volume 135, Issue 4, Pages 459-596… Read more...