Biological Anthropology in the News |
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UC Davis gets grant money to help protect mountain gorillas and their human neighbors from disease (April 23, 2008) UC Davis, with $750,000 in funding from the Packard Foundation, has launced a new "One Health" program that will partner with the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project to help improve the health and survival of the remaining 730 mountain gorillas by addressing human, and livestock health issues in areas near mountain gorillas, which will in turn improve the health of the mountain gorillas. |
Conservationists find a new population of orangutans! (April 13, 2009) The 219 orangutan nests recorded by researchers indicates a large population of the highly endangered Asian great ape, perhaps numbering 2000.
Chimpanzee in Swedish zoo planned stone-throwing attacks on human visitors. (March 9, 2009) Researchers found evidence that a male chimp planned his stone-throwing attacks hours beforehand. This evidence that chimps can plan ahead for future events is reported in the journal Current Biology.
New sub-population of critically-endangered primate species found in Vietnam. (December 7, 2008) Biologists from Fauna and Flora International said they had found up to 20 Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys in a remote forest. This diecovery increases the population of this very rare species by about 10%.
More protection for the Cross River gorilla. (November 28, 2008) The government of Cameroon has created a new national park aimed at protecting the critically endangered Cross River gorilla, of which only 300 survive. An estimated 115 are believed to live in the newly created Takamanda National Park.
