Kubana, a 9-year old female Mountain gorilla, recently switched from Ugenda’s group to Titus’ group in Rwanda when the gorillas encountered one another...
Doug Cress, Sarah Cheroben, Edith Albert and Steve Ryan represented GRASP in the United Nations World AIDS Day 5K Run that was held Nov. 30 at UNEP headquarters...
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The IUCN-Species Survival Commission (SSC) has issued revised guidelines for reintroduction, which could help fortify great ape reintroduction projects...
The tension and conflict in eastern DR Congo following the capture of Goma by M23 rebel armies is felt by primate sanctuaries and conservation teams...
The first-ever court hearing against a palm oil company was postponed this week when the defendant, PT Kallista Alam, failed to appear. PT Kallista Alam...
The Bonobo Conservation Initiative (BCI) has a new website and new Facebook and Twitter updates. Check it out at www.bonobo.org. http://on.fb.me/Sgh8gJwww.bonobo.org....
A high-level prefect in Gabon charged with poaching is facing 18 months in prison and two of his hunters face 12 months each in judicial proceedings...
A visit to the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone prompted a Scientific American columnist to re-think the use of chimpanzees in entertainment....
Las Vegas chimpanzee trainer Mike Casey has vowed to fight a local government decision to force him to move his 4 chimpanzees to a less populated area....
Uganda’s military chief said Tuesday that the M23 rebel group has agreed to withdraw from the DR Congo cities of Goma and Sake and instead press its...
Wildlife police officers from 10 central and west African countries recently took part in a 6-day Interpol training course in Cote d’Ivoire to develop...
Dar, an adult male chimpanzee at Central Washington University’s Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute who learned to communicate through sign...
Volcanoes Safaris reports that all 9 members of the Nyakagezi Mountain gorilla group have returned to Gahinga, Uganda. For more, visit http://bit.ly/V8bjX1....
Gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans and gibbons were part of an endangered primates series issued by Sierra Leone between 2009-2011. http://on.fb.me/TYJBoK...
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The African Union has demanded M23 rebels currently occupying Goma stop fighting and withdraw from the city, and welcomed a commitment by the DR Congo...
DR Congo Update: M23 rebel forces repelled government attacks and now hold the town of Sake in North Kivu as a regional cease-fire summit is readied....
A male chimpanzee rescued from a private zoo in Lebanon has been transferred to the Great Ape Project (GAP) - Brazil sanctuary in Sao Jose dos Pinhais...
A wild male Bornean orangutan rescued recently from a village in Central Kalimantan has been released back into the forests of the Lamandau River Wildlife...
Lola ya Bonobo founder Claudine Andre was recently honored with the “Présence Congo pour l’environnement” award, recognizing her work in bonobo conservation....
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The French Senate has approved the so-called “Nutella Tax,” which raises the levy on palm oil imports by 400%. The vote has angered Malaysian palm oil...
After a prolonged campaign by Egyptian animal welfare groups, Central Zoos officials have finally agreed to transfer a solitary male chimpanzee, Meshmesh,...
M23 rebel armies moved south overnight towards Bukavu in eastern DR Congo, and have established a 20-kilometer perimeter that essentially encircles the...
The leaders of Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo issued a joint demand for M23 rebel armies to leave Goma – the eastern DR Congo city they took on Tuesday...
Aan, the female orangutan that had been shot 104 times by air gun pellets before being rescued, is slowly recovering under the care of the Orangutan...
Twenty-one rehabilitated orangutans released back into the Bukit Batikap conservation forest in Borneo recently could not contain their joy. For more...
Rebel armies that captured Goma in eastern DR Congo on Nov. 20 said today that they next plan to liberate all of DR Congo. Talks between the leaders...
GRASP is seeking to monitor the deteriorating security situation in Goma, the eastern DR Congo city that was breached by M23 rebel armies on November...
A female orangutan that was rescued from a palm oil plantation by the Orangutan Foundation and the Indonesian Agency for Conservation of Natural Resources...
The toy drone airplanes highlighted at the 2nd GRASP Council’s “Great Apes & Technology” session have been selected by Scientific American as “World...
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates that chimpanzees and orangutans suffer from the same mid-life crises...
A young female bonobo rescued from a village in northern DR Congo was brought to the Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary this week, where veterinarians treated...
Spanish staff and volunteers working to protect great apes and their habitat in Congo are profiled in the TV-Espana (TVE) news magazine, “Espanoles en...
Fans of the Atlanta Silverbacks of the North American Soccer League (NASL) in the U.S. have voted to retain the club’s nickname, following a “Decision...
Siswi is a 34-year old female orangutan at Camp Leakey in Borneo who taught herself to brush her own teeth. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/Q4sWEl....
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France has angered Malaysia’s palm oil producers by proposing the so-called “Nutella Amendment” tax, which would quadruple – from €100 to €400 / $127...
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