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
Philip Buda Ladu/Julie Londo Along dusty streets, simple shops made of rusting corrugated iron are stacked high with mahogany and teak, their freshly sawn faces
Devin Murphy and Angella Naturinda Four critically endangered female eastern lowland gorillas (also known as Grauer’s gorillas) rescued from the illegal wildlife trade have been
By Elizabeth Goldman , Sarah Carter , Michelle Sims Data created and updated by Peter Potapov, Svetlana Turubanova and Sasha Tyukavina – University of Maryland’s GLAD lab
A new count of the mountain gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest has started, in move to protect these endangered animals. Led by the Greater
By Apes Reporting Project For over eight years, Diana Kanweri has devoted herself to Kibale National Park in western Uganda, a place renowned for its
By Jonas Kiriko This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Reporting Grant. Amid ongoing land conflicts with local communities, Plantation et Huilerie du Congo (PHC)’s expansion
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