NewsWatch Archive
A compilation of news articles about the scientific study and conservation of the world's great apes and primates.
Latest news from around the globe
- Brain Evolution at a Distance
- International Orangutan Center Will Be One of a Kind
- Prime Indonesian Jungle to be Cleared for Palm OIl
- Aceh Breaches Forest Clearing Moratorium
- Indonesia's "Green Governor" OKs Plan to Clear Forests That Shelter Orangutans, Tigers, Bears
- Climate Talks Offer Last Hope for Gishwati Rain Forest
- Fongoli Chimpanzees Exhibit Sharing Behavior Akin to Humans
- Chimps Prescribe Food for Cures
- Poop Throwing by Chimps May Actually Be a Sign of Intelligence
- Dr. Goodall on How Apes and Humans Age
- UN: Mountain Gorillas Threatened by Climate Change
- Ecoguards Dispatched to Gishwati Forest
- Minister Kamanzi Spearheads Rwandan Reforestation Drive
- Drake Students Help with Rwanda Project
- Baby Apes' Arm Waving Hints at Origins of Language
- Indonesian Police Arrest Orangutan Killers
- Our Male Ancestors Stayed Close to Home, While Females Wandered About
- Young Chimps Play Like Humans
- Rwanda Green Plan Links Environmental Health to Economic Health
- Rwanda Intensifies Tree Planting - Gishwati Forest Targeted
- Chimpanzee Studies Suggest Human Speech Perception Ability is LInked to Experience
- Humans Became Humans Because of Viruses
- An Island Home: Plans to Build a Refuge for Caged Orangutans
- Rwanda to Plant 68 Million Trees a Year
- Study: Orangutans Have Culture
- Study: 'Junk DNA' All That Separates Us From Chimps
- Rwanda Tourism to Rebrand in 2012 - Includes Gishwati Forest
- Gishwati Lined Up As Rwanda's Next National Park
- Gishwati Could Fetch US$ 50K in Tourism Revenues
- Talk to the Animals
- The Thoughtful Animal: Animal Imagination
- H.R. 1513: The Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act of 2011
- Lab Chimps Laugh and Hug At Freedom
- Following the Trail of Conservation Successes
- Des Moines Ape Center Seeking New Financial Help
- Matriarchal Bonobos Beat Alpha Chimps in Brain Test
- Study: Chimpanzees Not As Selfish As We Thought
- Orangutans Learning to Use iPads
- Fearing a Planet Without Great Apes
- Forests and Rwanda's Future
- Examining Planet of the Apes (comments from Dr. Savage-Rumbaugh
- Six Apes Who Have Learned to Communicate: Surprising Science
- Chimps vs Humans in Rwanda
- Stop Using Chimps As Guinea PIgs
- Study: Aging Brains Are Different in Humans and Chimpazees
- Baby Gorillas Returned to Congo After Being Taken From Poachers
- Congo Basin Gorillas Facing Extinction
- Gishwati's Chimpanzee Population Up By 54 Percent
- Baboon Study Shows Benefits for Nice Guys, Who Finish Second
- Study: Happy Apes are Longer Living
- How Movie Chimps Are Harming Real-Life Conservation Efforts
- Gishwati Forest Among Rwanda's Important Birding Areas
- Rwanda Tipped for Global Forestry Award
- Orangutans Reveal Evolutionary Purpose of Happiness
- Some Captive Chimpanzees Show Signs of Mental Illness
- Chimpanzee Speech Researchers Retire
- Study: Orangutans More Genetically Diverse Than Humans
- Orangutans Bite Back
- Protein-RIch Diet Helps Gorillas Keep Lean
- Up Close With the Bonobos
- Sierra Leone Chimps Threatened by Disappearing Forest
- Ugandan Chimpanzees May Be Hunting Red Colobus Monkeys To Extinction
- Do Wild Chimps and Humans Share Gestures?
- Study: Extinction May Take Longer Than Previously Thought
- Chimpanzees Have Repertoire of Gestures for Chatting
- The Perception of Self Agency in Chimpanzees
- Chimps 'Mourn' 9-year-old's Death?
- Great Ape Conservation Act Introduced
- First Evidence That Gorilla Pass On Traditions
- Bonobos 'Chat' About Good Foods
- Chimps and Humans, What's the Difference? Not Much, Chicago Researchers Say
- Science Turns From Chimp Research; U.S. Turns Back
- Hopeful Signs in Congro Gorilla Population
- Empathy May Be Hard-Wired In Apes
- Learning From Bonobos and Chimpanzees
- Learning From Apes
- UN-Backed Meeting Concludes With Stronger Call to Protect Gorillas
- Evolution of Cross River Gorillas Driven By Climate Change
- Friend to Great Ape Trust, Ray Townsend Dies
- Human Virus Blamed In Mountain Gorilla Deaths
- Nature Aids Rwanda Reforestation Project
- DR Congo Rejects Oil Search Bid In Gorilla Park
- Zoo Researchers Provide African Ape Sanctuaries Road Map
- Rwanda Makes 'Landmark' Pledge to Rescue Environment
- Who Are You Calling Bird-Brained?
- Chimps, Too, May Use Laughter for Social Gain
- Peaceful Bonobos May Have Something to Teach Humans
- Elephants Outwit Humans During Intelligence Test
- Alarm Bells Sound Over Virunga Oil Project
- Gorilla Inconsolable After Death of Her Lifelong Mate
- Bonobo Vocalizations Are Ads for Sex
- Genomic Analysis Shows Humans Evolved With Few Sweeping Changes
- Malaysian Experiment Releases Three Orangutans Into The Wild
- What We Can Learn From The Bonobo
- Promiscuous Apes Make More Sperm
- Rwanda Makes Saving Its Forests a National Priority
- Complacency Over Deforestation Pushes Orangutan Closer to Extinction
- How Chimps, Monkeys and Humans Compare On a Level Playing Field
- Rare Mountain Gorilla Twins Born in Rwanda
- Minister: Rwanda to Restore All of Its Forests by 2035
- Simpson College Students Prepare for Rwanda Adventure in May
- Infant Bonobo Teco Offers Rare Opportunity
- Park Rangers and Soldiers Killed in Gorilla Habitat in DRC
- VIDEO: Bipedal Gorilla at Kent, England Zoo
- Study: Orangutans DNA More Like Humans
- Hundreds of Orangutans Get Taste of Freedom in Indonesia
- Chimp 'Nim' Film Gains Buzz at Sundance
- Sundance: Science Film Revives Ape Language Questions
- Chiimps Wear Personalities on Their Mugs
- Wild Chimps Outwit Hunters
- Gorilla and Chimpanzee Heads Seized in Gabon
- Great Ape Trust Seeks Donations for Rwanda Reading Circle
- Going Ape: Let's Show Our Relatives a Little Humanity
- Our Brains Are Shrinking, Are We Getting Dumber?
- CareerBuilder Trots Out the Chimp Schtick for Super Bowl Ad
- For Now, Chimpanzee Lab Staying in New Mexico
- From Gorilla Diorama to Its Inspiration in Africa
- Scientists Aim to Map and Save Endangered Habitats
- Mountain Gorilla Population Grows
- Rwanda Intensifies Environmental Protection
- Rwanda Expects 30% Forest Cover 7 Years Ahead of Schedule
- Orangutans Survived "Squeeze" Event
- Study: Like Humans, Apes Play It Safe When Uncertain
- Rwanda Returns Two Mountain Gorillas to Congo
- Review: Among the Great Apes
- In the Footsteps of the Natural Museum's Gorillas
- Great Apes Might Just Be As Smart As Humans After All
- Cameroon 'New Gorillas' Need Protection
- New Study: Do Fossil FIngers Point To Sex Habits?
- Study: Chimpanzees Tend To Be Right-Handed
- Rwanda's Nyungwe National Park to Benefit From New Tourist Attactions
- The March to Extinction Accelerates
- Sara Gruen's Ape House Mashes Up Primatology and Celebrity Culture
- Gishwati: The Forest of Hope
- Fire Hoses Help Orangutans FInd A Mate
- Conservationists Must Recognize "Biases and Delusions" to Succeed
- Tarred by the Same Brush
- Anderson Cooper Explains His Bunny Suit
- Bonobo Becomes a Babysitter
- Sara Gruen Earned the Great Apes' Trust
- Kanzi, the 'Talking' Ape, Has Hit the Big Time
- Study: Maternal Support Affects Bonobos' Mating Success
- Intelligent Life
- Study: Neanderthals Didn't Always Act Like Cavemen
- Kanzi the 'Talking' Ape Makes Appearance on Oprah Winfrey's Show
- Kanzi the Amazing Ape Who Can 'Speak' with Humans Makes Oprah Appearence
- Des Moines Ape Featured on Oprah Show
- Iowa Ape Featured on Today's Oprah Show
- Ape Trust Continues Media Ride with Oprah Segment
- Gibbons of Southeast Asia Are The 'Forgotten' Apes
- Chimps' Future Prompts Debate Over N.M. Primate Lab
- Changing Lives in Africa
- Financial Crisis Pummels Wildlife and People in the Congo Rain Forest
- Researchers Suggest Human Malignant Malaria Originated in Gorillas
- Sara Gruen Finds Trust at "Ape House"
- Iowa Bonobos Inspire Bestselling Author Sara Gruen
- Thinking Like a Chimpanzee
- Did a Harvard Professor Falsify Data?
- New Research Suggests Orangutans Not So Solitary
- Inside the Minds of Animals
- Orangutans Aren't Lazy, Just Evolved to Hang Around
- $7 Million to Fight Effects of Climate Change in Rwanda
- Time Is Short For African Apes
- Apes Running 'Out of Time' Due to Global Warming
- From Savvy to Savage: A New Understanding of Chimps
- Men Are Like Apes When Competing for Status
- A Discovery Could Help Date Monkey-Ape Split
- Laughter's Secrets: The Sound of a Happy Ape
- Gorillas 'Play Games of Tag Like Humans'
- Rwanda's Western Province Commits to Gishwati in Fiscal Year
- Study: Human Presence a Threat to Mountain Gorillas
- New Hominid Pushes Back Date of Walking Upright
- Chimps, Too, Wage War and Annex Rival Territory
- World Descends on Rwanda for Gorilla Naming, World Enviroment Day
- Climate Change Made Apes Vanish in Ancient Europe
- Rwanda's Environmental Efforts Exemplary - UNEP
- UN Plans Another Gorilla Rescue Airlift
- A look at how chimpanzees react to death
- What you can see in the eye of an orangutan
- An evolutionary perspective of male aggression against females
- Chimpanzee tool use is no monkey business
- When it comes to sex, chimps need help, too
- Biologically we are just another ape
- Do chimpanzees share our sense of fairness?
- Hope for survival as isolated orangutans joined by rope bridge
- Animal lovers seek to KO orangutan boxing
- Indonesian firm faces new forest clearing allegation
- Just like humans, apes suffer from self-doubt too
- New gorilla rescue center to open in eastern Congo
- New hominid species found in South Africa
- Study: Forest chimpanzees take pity on orphans
- UN to airlift nine orphaned gorillas to DRC
- Bipedalism takes a big step backward
- Disney gorillas use their smarts to help research on their hearts
- World Environment Day program unveiled for Rwanda
- Former poachers to protect Nyungwe
- Folk medicine poses global threat to primate species
- Researchers discover new lineage of ancient human
- Female chimpanzees drive the culture
- Evolutionary scientist wins prestigious religious prize
- New lodge at Nyungwe Forest
- Gorillas extinct in 10 years?
- Rwandans partner with Great Ape Trust to protect Forest of Hope
- Study: Apes have metacognitive ability
- UN: Gorillas now in greater danger from trade
- Environment may influence apes ability to understand declarative communication
- Decoding long calls of orangutans
- Rwanda, DRC to raise orphaned gorillas
- Gorilla naming ceremony in Rwanda now part of World Enviro Day
- Like humans, gorillas too cajoled bored pals to continue a game
- Columbus Zoo welcomes baby bonobo
- First proof gorillas eat monkeys
- New orangutan population found in N. Sumatra
- Importance of African rain forests to the world
- Orangutan survival and the shopping trolley
- Almost half of all primates may soon be extinct
- Uganda to conduct mountain gorilla census
- Primal aggressiveness may explain our stride
- Zoo Atlanta orangutan dies from respiratory illness
- Court asked to decide who owns 2 Great Ape Trust bonobos
- Wild bonobo mother eats own baby
- Bonobos stay childlike
- Sharing apes: What bonobos have in common with us
- Uganda Wildlife Authority habituation of new gorilla group
- Rwanda forest to expand 21 percent thanks to Trust, Earthpark efforts
- Great Ape Trust, Earthpark to fund Rwanda reforestation
- Movie made by chimpanzees
- Wild chimpanzees handy with tools
- Study explains why humans outlive apes
- Rescue effort saves chimpanzees
- Genetics helps to crack down on chimpanzee smuggling
- Gorillas 'ape humans' over games
- Humans were once an endangered species
- Orangutan acts as peacemaker in Japan zoo
- Malignant malaria found in gorillas
- Orangutan lovers cry foul
- Feet hold the key to human hand evolution
- Internet allowing illegal wildlife trade
- Smarter than you think
- Collective effort to rehabilitate Gishwati Forest
- Global warming may push primates to extinction
- Saving gorillas, elephants starts with understanding human neighbors
- Great apes and laughter
- Deciphering the chatter of monkeys
- UN helps save chimpanzees from volcano in Congo
- Scientists find chimpanzees use tools to cut up food
- Volcanic eruption threatens DRC chimpanzees
- A new, green day dawns in war-wracked Rwanda
- Fighting for an African forest (Great Ape Trust)
- Rwandan schools introduce "one tree per child" policy
- Wild chimps have near human understanding of fire
- Bushmeat sold on open market in U.S.
- Coxe to be honored for work with Congo's bonobos
- 10 animals that use tools
- 10 research chimps to retire at sanctuary in Florida
- Among apes, teeth are made for the toughest time
- Apes live shorter lives than we do
- Palm oil economy drives human fortunes - and orangutan misfortune
- New habitat for orphaned baby gorillas
- Rudiments of language discovered in monkeys
- Newly discovered gorilla habitat threatened
- REDD may not be enough to save Sumatra's rain forests
- Malaysia tracks orangutans with implants
- The sixth extinction
- Sumatran orangutans get helping hand
- Fifty orangutans to be released into habitat
- In the wild, once again
- From chimpanzees, new clues to language origins
- Rare bonobo born at Jacksonville Zoo
- Disney donates to save forests
- Gorillas vs Charcoal
- Chimpanzees show signs of culture
- Palm oil boom creates danger for orangutans
- Oldest hominid skeleton provides new evidence for h
- For economic success, channel your inner bonobo
- Lifeline for orangutans
- Chimpanzees use tool kits to harvest ants
- 20,000 orangs killed over past decade with no prosecution
- Gorilla sexual intrigue could explain human monogamy
- Apes feel your pain
- Internet used to illegally sell primates from Cameroon
- Palm oil paradox
- The origins of handedness
- Messenger of hope
- $2M from Rwanda to aid Gishwati Forest reclamation
- Humanity's upright gait may have roots in trees
- Orangutans make musical instrument
- Orangutans fashion only known animal instrument
- Orangutan ruse misleads predators
- Chimp study offers new clues to language
- Bonobos released into the wild
- Program to return orangutans to wild under threat in Borneo
- Syncopated rhythm makes orangutans masterful swingers
- Congo moves to saves bonobos
- Why dig up mountain gorillas?
- Fire breaks out in Rwandan gorilla park
- Time runs out for the gorillas
- Palm oil development threatens Aceh's orangutans
- Apes may imitate but they struggle to innovate
- Orangutans join effort to save species
- Controversial palm oil plan may save orangutans
- Malaysia rescues smuggled baby orangutans
- Friend your boss but not your boss' boss
- More baby gorillas 'baptized' in Rwanda
- Could the orangutan be our closest relative?
- "Forest footprint" to show which companies care about rain forests
- Rangers struggle to protect wildlife in Borneo
- Scientists to monitor bonobo reintroductions
- Rwanda and Trust embark on extensive Gishwati reforestation
- Rwanda New Times editorial re: Gishwati Forest
- Study finds potential profit in conservation
- Modest carbon price could save Borneo forests
- New hominid 12 million years old found in Spain
- Rwanda tourism revenue up despite global financial
- More gorillas to earn Uganda revenue
- Update on bonobo reserve in DRC
- How apes taught us to laugh 16 million years ago
- Two year old gorilla rescued in Congo
- Whistling orangutan Bonnie amazes scientists
- Popular Science: Geek Getaway at Great Ape Trust
- Iowa scientist 'talks' to primates (Part 2)
- Great Ape Trust studies primate behavior (Part 1)
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