April Primate of the Month: Ring-Tailed Lemur
April Primate of the Month: Ring-Tailed Lemur The Ring-Tailed Lemur Found only in Madagascar, lemurs are perhaps the most popular species on the island, with the Ring-Tailed Lemur being the best-known of them all! These mid-sized primates are quite common in zoos...
March Pachyderm of the Month: African Elephant
March Pachyderm of the Month: African Bush Elephant The African Bush Elephant Pachyderms share the spotlight in March Primate of the Month to help GLOBIO celebrate 20 Years of Connecting Species, People, and Planet. Very few animals are as symbolic and widely...
Travel with GLOBIO — Why Travel?
For someone who has spent the majority of their life traveling, the first time you hear a question like, ‘Why travel?’ it comes as such a ridiculous shock that you’re stunned to articulate an answer. You stumble through an awkwardly assembled collection of...
We’re Talking Apes in 2021
Did you know it’s really Survival of the Friendliest NOT the fittest? Unless your fitness comes from being friendly, I suppose. Did you know that apes migrate? Or that orangutans sing? How about non-human apes can’t swim because their bones are too heavy? Or which...
Travel with GLOBIO — Monkey Magic
The Landcruiser pulled into the drivers’ back parking area behind the lodge at Kechwa Tembo in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, the afternoon was hotter than normal and everything worth filming seems to be asleep, so we were going to cash it in for a few hours — taking a rare...
February Primate of the Month – Bonobo
February Primate of the Month: Bonobos The Affectionate Ape February 14th isn’t only a global day of love and affection, it also marks International Bonobo Day! It’s no surprise that these two coincide as there’s much to love about the beautiful...
Coronavirus and Our Fellow Great Apes: UPDATED 19 FEBRUARY 2021
UPDATE as of 19 February 2021: All Updates at article end (original text published 12 May 2020) Key to our Apes Like Us program is exploring the impact of threats to all great apes; disease is one of the greatest of those threats. In the past two decades multiple...
Travel with GLOBIO — ‘Viruses don’t care what passport you carry’
I have a love affair, it’s with the potential of my passport, one that began in my early 20’s. That little dark blue book was my magic key, one that opened a door to the world. My first door opened into the “Land down under” for over four years and in turn a...
Travel with GLOBIO — Infection screening is here to stay
Traveling will be back, and we’re planning on it being this year — just later in 2021 than we all wish. If you’re looking to join us at Travel with GLOBIO, you should expect a Covid test on your journey, and more than likely more than one. According to recent...
For over 20 years, GLOBIO has been connecting kids and adults to the magic, awe and wonder of our planet. GLOBIO works with education partners, wildlife sanctuaries and conservation projects in Equatorial Africa and Borneo to support their conservation work on-the-ground, and share their stories with the rest of the world. Ever-evolving, we also create engaging educational content to spread awareness to the public about our shared environmental issues.
