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Survival and economics complicate the DRC’s bushmeat and wild animal trade
John Cannon and Didier Makal
30 May 2023
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For Indonesia’s captive wildlife, lockdown measures may prove deadly
Basten Gokkon
19 May 2020
For Freedom the gorilla, a months-long journey back to the wilds of Cameroon
Tina Deines
19 May 2020
Takeover of Nigerian reserve highlights uphill battle to save forests
Orji Sunday
4 May 2020
For world’s rarest great ape, COVID-19 is latest in a litany of threats
Ayat S. Karokaro, Hans Nicholas Jong
30 Apr 2020
Images from a dropped phone reveal the ugly truth behind bonobo trafficking
Mireya Mayor
23 Apr 2020
Rescuing orangutans ‘doesn’t work’ for apes or forests, studies find
James Fair
15 Apr 2020
For great apes at risk of infection, COVID-19 is also an economic threat
Heather Richardson
13 Apr 2020
Nigeria declares new conservation zone for most threatened chimpanzee
Linus Unah
3 Apr 2020
National parks in Africa shutter over COVID-19 threat to great apes
Malavika Vyawahare
26 Mar 2020
Scientists call for independent review of dam project in orangutan habitat
Hans Nicholas Jong
24 Mar 2020
Oil exploration at odds with peatland protection in the Congo Basin
John Cannon
23 Mar 2020
To save Cross River gorillas, EU-funded program aims to empower communities
Linus Unah
20 Mar 2020
Western lowland gorillas may be territorial, a new study finds
Liz Kimbrough
12 Mar 2020
Where the logging ends in Indonesian Borneo, the forest clearing begins
Shreya Dasgupta
4 Mar 2020
Call for prosecution of Indonesian politician who kept baby orangutan as pet
Ayat S. Karokaro
26 Feb 2020
Camera traps confirm presence of lowland gorillas in central mainland Equatorial Guinea for first time in over a decade
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25 Feb 2020
Burning and bullets: Forest fires push Bornean orangutans into harm’s way
Aseanty Pahlevi
18 Feb 2020
Fighting to save an endangered ape, Indonesian activists fear for their lives
Hans Nicholas Jong
18 Dec 2019
Mountain gorilla census reveals further increase in numbers
John Cannon
17 Dec 2019
Eight species, including Tapanuli orangutan, make first appearance on list of most endangered primates
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8 Oct 2019
Study tracks first incursion of poachers into ‘pristine’ African forest
John Cannon
3 Oct 2019
Gravely injured orangutan rescued near site of controversial hydropower project
Hans Nicholas Jong
20 Sep 2019
Chimps in Sierra Leone adapt to human-impacted habitats, but threats remain
Ini Ekott
10 Jul 2019
In Nigeria, a highway threatens community and conservation interests
Linus Unah
9 Jul 2019
Out on a limb: Unlikely collaboration boosts orangutans in Borneo
Nina Finley
12 Jun 2019
Did efforts to protect DRC’s elephants and bonobos leave a trail of abuses?
Ashoka Mukpo
12 Jun 2019
Inside an ambitious project to rewild trafficked bonobos in the Congo Basin
Christopher Clark
11 Jun 2019
In a first, chimps found bashing tortoises against trees to get at the meat
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29 May 2019
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23 May 2019
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