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New investigation reveals how illegal logging for tea processing is destroying the high-canopy habitats essential for Burundi’s last wild chimpanzees. This story is part of
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New investigation reveals how illegal logging for tea processing is destroying the high-canopy habitats essential for Burundi’s last wild chimpanzees. This story is part of

By: Andrew R. Halloran, Ph.D., Founder and Lead Consultant, The Elgin Center Editor’s Note: Andrew R. Halloran, Ph.D., is a primatologist, conservationist, and animal welfare

Cliff Abenaitwe Scientists have long wondered why people organize their relationships in layers: a few close friends, a bigger group of friends, and many acquaintances.

By: Andrew R. Halloran, Ph.D., Founder and Lead Consultant, The Elgin Center Editor’s Note: Andrew R. Halloran, Ph.D., is a primatologist, conservationist, and animal welfare

A new study suggests that wild chimpanzees consume the equivalent of several daily drinks, supporting the idea that our appetite for booze is an ancient

By Richard Drasimaku In 2021 Fidelis Kanyamunyu and his colleague David Gonahase, both conservationists in Western Uganda, began the “My Gorilla Family App.” This was

By Twahirwa Eric in Rwanda and Laetitia Kavira in DR Congo Rwanda’s high-end furniture market has developed a deep reliance on timber imported from the

By: Arthur Bizimana in Burundi and Martin Leku in DR Congo At the furniture market in the Jabe district, in the urban commune of Mukaza, within the town
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