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Chimpanzees combine pant-hoots and calls to form vocal sequences

Chimpanzees combine pant-hoots and calls to form vocal sequences

by ACF | May 22, 2022 | Great Apes, Wildlife News

A major challenge in evolutionary science has been the reconstruction of the evolution of language in the world. Given that language does not fossilise, a key line of research has been focusing on comparing the communication systems of animals with that of humans....
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...
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...
Chimpanzees adjust communication to fill another’s knowledge gap

Chimpanzees adjust communication to fill another’s knowledge gap

by ACF | Nov 15, 2017 | Great Apes, Wildlife News

Adjusting communication to take into account information available to one’s audience is routine in humans but has been assumed absent in other animals. This assumption may be premature. Scientists Catherine Crockford and Roman Wittig from the Max Planck Institute for...
Guinea approves creation of largest sanctuary for the West African chimpanzee

Guinea approves creation of largest sanctuary for the West African chimpanzee

by ACF | Nov 2, 2017 | Great Apes, Wildlife News

The population of chimpanzees in West Africa has declined by over 80% in the last 20 years and in September 2016 they were classified as a critically endangered sub-species by the International Union of Nature Conservation (IUCN). As a result of this dramatic decline,...

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