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Invasion of the oil palm: western Africa’s native son returns, threatening great apes

John Cannon 28 Jul 2014

Is there hope for bonobos? Researchers, NGOs, gov’t officials, local communities band together to save iconic ape (Part III)

Fidelis Zvomuya 18 Jul 2014

Poaching, fires, farming pervade: protecting bonobos ‘an enormous challenge’ (Part II)

Fidelis Zvomuya 17 Jul 2014

Surrounded by deforestation, critically endangered gorillas hang on by a thread

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Jul 2014

Will the last ape found be the first to go? Bonobos’ biggest refuge under threat (Part I)

Fidelis Zvomuya 16 Jul 2014

Sold into extinction: great apes betrayed by protectors

Daniel Stiles 9 Jul 2014

Oil, wildlife, and people: competing visions of development collide in Virunga National Park

Analysis Daniel Stiles 7 Jul 2014

Bigfoot found? Nope, ‘sasquatch hairs’ come from cows, raccoons, and humans

Jeremy Hance 1 Jul 2014

Broken promises no more? Signs Sabah may finally uphold commitment on wildlife corridors

Jeremy Hance 23 Jun 2014

The palm oil diet: study finds displaced orangutans have little else to eat

Ariel Mark 20 Jun 2014

Apeidemiology: researchers model ape disease transmission for the first time

Jordanna Dulaney 20 Jun 2014

What does SOCO’s withdrawal really mean for the future of Virunga National Park?

Analysis Daniel Stiles 17 Jun 2014

Extractive industries and apes

Daniel Stiles 13 Jun 2014

What’s an environmental journalist to do with so much good news?

Jeremy Hance 12 Jun 2014

Oil overthrow: Soco to suspend operations in Virunga National Park after sustained campaign by WWF

Jeremy Hance 11 Jun 2014

Greenpeace accuses controversial palm oil company and Cameroon government of illegal logging

Jeremy Hance 28 May 2014

Hope in the Heart of Darkness: huge population of chimpanzees discovered in the DRC

Julian Moll-rocek 20 May 2014

Seeing the Forest for the Trees: How ‘One Health’ Connects Humans, Animals, and Ecosystems

Wendee Nicole 5 May 2014

When the orangutan and the slow loris met – and no one was eaten

Jeremy Hance 5 May 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Offer health care for forest protection

Liz Kimbrough 21 Mar 2014

Big data shows tropical mammals on the decline

Jeremy Hance 12 Dec 2013

Bonobos: the Congo Basin’s great gardeners

Christina Pham 11 Dec 2013

Little dude takes the prize: rare dormouse wins BBC camera trap contest (photos)

Jeremy Hance 2 Dec 2013

28 percent of potential bonobo habitat remains suitable

Jeremy Hance 27 Nov 2013

Orphaned gorillas successfully reintroduced where apes had been hunted to extinction

Mongabay.com 21 Oct 2013

Celebrities aim to raise $1.6 million to keep orangutan forests from the the chopping block in Borneo

Lewis Smith 2 Oct 2013

Primates of the World: An Illustrated Guide – book review

Gabriel Thoumi 18 Sep 2013

Smuggler who illegally traded 500 chimps gets one year in prison

Jeremy Hance 27 Aug 2013

Endangered chimps and forest elephants found in rainforest to be logged for palm oil

Jeremy Hance 8 Aug 2013

Making movies to save Uganda’s great apes

Jeremy Hance 3 Jul 2013

Building a new generation of local conservationists: how improving education in Uganda may save one of the world’s great forests

Jeremy Hance 20 Jun 2013

Tigers, orangutans, rhinos: Sumatra’s big mammals on the edge of extinction

John Vidal 12 Jun 2013

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