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Sighting Jane Goodall in Chico's Jungle
On a rainy wet day in Clarendon just outside Washington DC, not far from the Potomac River and forest that lines it, I folded my umbrella and placed it in a container by the front door as to not make the polished... The Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park
The Macaque is just one of the many animals rescued by the Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park in Gibraltar. This small (just three Keepers) but well-run, non-profit organisation 'picks up exotic animals... Girl Scouts boycott cookies to save apes
Some plucky Girl Scouts have decided to take a stand on the cookies that group is famous for. They've learned the production of palm oil, an ingredient in the cookies, is bad for the habitat of endangered...Indonesia goes ape for orangutans
"Under new legislation, Indonesia will stabilise orangutan populations and habitat by 2017, return orangutans in captivity to the wild by 2015 and promote sustainable management of the forests, USAID said. They... Unselfishness - not just humans anymore
Unselfishness not just a human trait - "Chimpanzees will often lend a helping hand even if there's no reward, suggests research published this week, challenging theories that altruism is unique to... Christian Cannibals
" This is what happens when you deny the reality of evolution. You end up eating your relatives. The Demise of the Great Apes of Africa In recent years however the drive to sell African rainforest hardwood has had a catastrophic side effect - the explosion of gorilla and...Capitalism Endangers Orangutan
"Orangutans Displaced, Killed by Indonesian Forest Fires Intentionally lit forest fires on the island of Borneo are killing Southeast Asia's endangered orangutans, conservationists warn. The fires are lit annually to clear land for oil palm plantations and agricultural...Bigfoot: 'The Patterson Footage' and Jeffrey Meldrum (Videos)
Bigfoot - The original Patterson-Gimlin footage can be seen here Jeffrey Meldrum (homepage) is a tenured professor of anatomy at Idaho State University and has recently been in the news (see "Professor's Bigfoot...Dutch plan orangutan web dating
"A zoo in the Netherlands plans to set up a webcam to help its orangutans form long-distance relationships with potential mates in Indonesia. The Indonesian orangutans are kept in small cages at a centre in...Fear of Snakes May Have Driven Pre-Human Evolution
"An evolutionary arms race between early snakes and mammals triggered the development of improved vision and large brains in primates, a radical new theory suggests. The idea, proposed by Lynne Isbell, an...Snake-spotting may have helped us evolve -study (Reuters)
" 2 hours, 47 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Snakes may make people jump for a good reason -- human close-up vision may have evolved specifically to spot the reptiles, researchers reported on Thursday. Humans, monkeys and other primates have good color vision, large...The Cradle of Humanity
"Ethiopia, which any African will proudly tell you, is the 'homeland' of humanity.And of course the great journey of modern humanity begins in Ethopia. 'Missing link' to earliest humans revealed"
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