Painting Primates in the Heart of Africa with Robin Huffman | Episode 77
Watch the episode here: All featured artwork ©Robin Huffman
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Why Community Voices Matter: Building Conservation Capacity Through Storytelling and Film
For four decades I have watched conservation efforts ebb and flow across the world of apes—mostly ebbing. Why? Traveling from one ape country to the next, I have asked myself why. Lack of justice, lack of laws, lack of effort—why? Stories! I think it is a lack of stories. Locally told stories. Stories that connect…
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Teasing Tactics: Ape Play and Pranks with Dr Isabelle Laumer | S3E54
Header image: ©GEllis/GLOBIO at Ape Action Africa Playful teasing video, credits: Laumer I. B. et al., 2024, Proceedings of the Royal Society B All great ape species are known to engage in playful teasing behaviour. Photo ©GEllis/GLOBIO Click here to read Guardian Article: Juvenile Great Apes Love to Tease and Annoy their Elders Isabelle Laumer…
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Saving the Congo’s Last Giants with GRACE’s Dr Katie Fawcett | S3E46
‘Finding the balance between human needs and conserving gorillas is the key to success.’ Featured image: ©Andrew Barnard/GRACE Dr Katie Fawcett – Programs Director at GRACE The GRACE facility houses 14 critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas in two huge forest enclosures which allow the gorillas to develop critical survival skills needed for release into the wild….
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Your Cell Phone is Killing Great Apes, with Eco-Cell’s Eric Ronay | S2E38
‘80% of the world’s supply of coltan is found in gorilla habitats and the race is on to look for more deposits. As electronics become more important to us, more habitats are going to be destroyed.’ Watch the video below to learn more about Eco-Cell: More about E-waste and electronics recycling: Click HERE to read…
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The Tiny Gorilla Who Changed My Life Forever, With Rachel Hogan | S2E29
Photo courtesy ©Jo-Anne McArthur/WeAnimals.org *IMPORTANT NOTE: This photo created in 2009, prior to wearing of gloves and mask now required. The gorilla featured in the photo (2009) is a rescued victim of poaching and wildlife trafficking and is undergoing rehabilitation. Primates are wild animals and not pets, and we do not condone human contact with…
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