Aug 14, 2020 | Apes Like Us, Great Ape Education, Primate of the Month
August Primate of the Month — Sumatran Orangutan August Primate of the Month: Sumatran Orangutan Sumatran Orangutan As one of the most critically endangered apes, with fewer than 14,000 individuals remaining in the wild (as of 2016 estimates), the Sumatran...
Aug 7, 2020 | Apes Like Us, Environmental Education, Field Conservation, Film & Media, Latest News, Partners, Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Where We Work
How do we change the conservation conversation around great apes and primates? When we went searching for new program partners to support our 2021-24 Strategic Commitment that was the fundamental question that drove our evaluation of potential partners. Tacugama...
Jul 10, 2020 | Ape Action Africa, Apes Like Us, Great Ape Education, Partners, Primate of the Month, Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary
July Primate of the Month — Chimpanzee July Primate of the Month: Chimpanzee Chimpanzees Chimpanzees are the most abundant of the non-human Great Apes, both in number and geographic range. The four subspecies have a combined population of 172,000-300,000 individuals...
Jul 10, 2020 | Apes Like Us, Apes Like Us Film, Blog, Film & Media
Oh my god, I just hit Frodo in the head with my camera — Jane is going to kill me! It was self-defense… it was self-defense… I kept repeating in my head, trying to make it sound acceptable to the most famous chimpanzee researcher on the planet. I knew I...
Jun 12, 2020 | Ape Action Africa, Apes Like Us, Great Ape Education, Primate of the Month
June Primate of the Month — Agile Mangabey June Primate of the Month – the Agile Mangabey Agile Mangabeys (Cercocebus agilis) are a medium-sized species of Old World Primate, found throughout several Central African countries, including Cameroon, Central Africa...
May 21, 2020 | Ape Action Africa, Apes Like Us, Latest News, Partners, Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Where We Work
After our recent Apes Like Us Youtube piece about “Baby Apes Forest School”, many of you asked about how YOU can get involved with primate sanctuaries and make a difference in the lives of these primates. Sanctuaries have very limited resources and rely on their...