Daniel Stiles investigates organised transnational networks smuggling great apes from Africa via Nigeria Five-month-old Zeytin was seized in Istanbul by customs officials. Photo courtesy the Turkish
Cliff Abenaitwe In Bizimana Eric’s conversations about the Bwindi-Mgahinga Conservation Area (BMCA), the phrase “Eri neihamba ryaitu“—which means “our forest” in Rufumbira—often surfaces. This vast
How fourfold peril—armed conflict, climate change, habitat loss, and ritualistic exploitation—are endangering Africa’s great apes
Apes Reporting Project In Walking with Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka chronicles her transformative experiences as Uganda’s first wildlife
Andrew Aijuka In the dense forests of Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, where the echoes of wildlife blend with the rustling of trees, a profound
Chimpanzee Subspecies: Common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) IUCN Red List classification: Endangered Chimpanzee Subspecies: Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) IUCN Red List classification: Endangered By Asiimwe
On the Brink: Transboundary Poaching, Habitat Loss, and Exploitation for Traditional Medicine Threaten the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee Chimpanzee Subspecies: Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) Known Range: Forests
Chimpanzee Subspecies: Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) Known Range: Forests of Nigeria and neighboring Cameroon. IUCN Red List classification: Endangered Species of gorilla: Western gorilla
Chimpanzee Subspecies: The Western Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) Known Range: Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, and sections of Ghana. IUCN Red List classification: Endangered
Chimpanzee Subspecies: Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Known Range: Tanzania, alongside parts of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. IUCN Red
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