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Urgent pan-Africa action plan launched by PASA to stop illegal chimpanzee trade as sanctuaries reach crisis capacity

Urgent pan-Africa action plan launched by PASA to stop illegal chimpanzee trade as sanctuaries reach crisis capacity

by ACF | Jan 31, 2020 | Great Apes, Wildlife News

GUINEA, WEST AFRICA – The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA)—the largest alliance of wildlife centers in Africa—has announced the launch of Action for Chimpanzees (AFC), a program to curtail the illicit trade of western chimpanzees for bushmeat and the pet trade,...
Global Mountain Gorilla Population Count Grows to 1,063

Global Mountain Gorilla Population Count Grows to 1,063

by ACF | Dec 18, 2019 | Great Apes, Wildlife News

Uganda’s Ministry of Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities and the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration reveal that the number of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in the 340-square kilometer transboundary protected forest have increased to 459 from an...
Complex gorilla societies shed light on roots of human social evolution

Complex gorilla societies shed light on roots of human social evolution

by ACF | Jul 12, 2019 | Great Apes, Wildlife News

Gorillas have more complex social structures than previously thought, from lifetime bonds forged between distant relations, to “social tiers” with striking parallels to traditional human societies, according to a new study. The findings suggest that the origins of our...
A chimpanzee cultural collapse is underway, and it’s driven by humans

A chimpanzee cultural collapse is underway, and it’s driven by humans

by ACF | Mar 12, 2019 | Great Apes, Wildlife News

Language, music, and art often vary between adjacent groups of people, and help us identify not only ourselves but also others. And in recent years rich debates have emerged and spawned research into culture in non-human animals. Scientists first observed chimpanzees...
The more male gorillas look after young, the more young they’re likely to have

The more male gorillas look after young, the more young they’re likely to have

by ACF | Dec 7, 2018 | Great Apes

Paternal care – where fathers care for their children – is rare among mammals (that is, animals which give birth to live young). Scientists have identified more than 6,000 mammal species, but paternal care only occurs in 5 to 10% of them. Humans fall into that...
Large groups of Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees captured on camera trap footage in Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary

Large groups of Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees captured on camera trap footage in Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary

by Arend de Haas | Jul 17, 2018 | Forest, Great Apes

The highlands of South West Cameroon are a biodiversity hotspot that harbours unique but endangered species such as Cross River gorillas, chimpanzees, drill monkeys, forest elephants but also rare birds, amphibians and butterflies. The African Conservation Foundation...
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