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Best of frenemies: Unexpected role of social networks between species

Best of frenemies: Unexpected role of social networks between species

by ACF | Nov 4, 2019 | Wildlife News

Social networking, even between competing species, plays a much bigger role in ecology than anyone previously thought, according to three biologists at the University of California, Davis. “There’s mounting evidence that different species pay attention to...
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...
400,000 African pangolins are hunted for meat every year – why it’s time to act

400,000 African pangolins are hunted for meat every year – why it’s time to act

by ACF | Feb 16, 2019 | Wildlife News

Pangolins, a group of unique African and Asian scaly mammals, are considered to be one of the most heavily trafficked wild mammals in the world. They are hunted and traded for their meat, scales, and other body parts, and used as traditional medicines in parts of...
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...
Comprehensive genetic study finds justification to recognise forest and savanna elephants as separate species

Comprehensive genetic study finds justification to recognise forest and savanna elephants as separate species

by ACF | Mar 4, 2018 | Elephants, Wildlife News

A genetic study of living and extinct elephant species generated proof forest elephants and the savanna elephants are indeed two separate species – an issue that has been a scientific debate for many years. The scientists behind the study hope that these findings help...
Africa’s protected areas most severely affected by conflict remain promising for conservation and rehabilitation efforts

Africa’s protected areas most severely affected by conflict remain promising for conservation and rehabilitation efforts

by ACF | Jan 10, 2018 | Wildlife News

When Josh Daskin traveled to Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park in 2012, its iconic large animals were returning from the brink of extinction. Gorongosa, among Africa’s most spectacular wildlife preserves until the 1970s, had been devastated by an anti-colonial war...

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