Congo has declared a new national park, Ntokou-Pikounda National Park, designed to protect gorillas and other critical wildlife. For more information,...
Helen, a Western Lowland gorilla who is the 3rd oldest gorilla in North America, recently celebrated her 55th birthday at the Louisville Zoo in the USA....
Great Ape Moment :Giant western lowland gorilla Malui from Central African Republic’s dense Dzanga-Sangha forest is ambushed by butterflies. Picture:...
Virunga National Park director Emmanuel de Merode is interviewed in a recent Huffington Post article. For more, visit http://huff.to/YhRZV5 http://on.fb.me/117lQEY...
Heavy media coverage of GRASP ambassador Jane Goodall’s lecture at the National Museums of Kenya on January 26 included this piece in The Star. http://bit.ly/T9FOKO...
The Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Centre in Congo recently released it’s a group of 6 female chimpanzees onto Tchindzoulou Island in the Kouilou...
The Conservation Drones pioneered by GRASP Scientific Commission chair Serge Wich and his partner, Lian Pin Koh are featured in a recent Inter Press...
Western lowland gorilla born at Twycross Zoo. For more info, visithttp://bbc.in/VkmPtB http://on.fb.me/WugAGZ via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/...
Quito, the iconic silverback of the Jacksonville Zoo’s first gorilla group, was found dead in his enclosure over the weekend. He was 32. Quito had a...
GRASP ambassador Dr. Jane Goodall offered “Reason for Hope” to a crowd of over 540 at the National Museums of Kenya on January 26, using the life-lessons...
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The Gunung Palung Orangutan Project (GPOP), which protects Bornean orangutans and their habitat in West Kalimantan, now has an English-language Facebook...
TV health expert Dr. Mehmet Oz addressed red fruit palm oil concerns raised by GRASP and others in “The Oz Blog,” counseling his audience that careless,...
Great Ape Moment: Orangutan Mother and Newborn by Sean Crane http://on.fb.me/VOgFVv via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/411810045...
GRASP ambassadors Jane Goodall and Richard Wrangham have challenged popular TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz to clarify his recent endorsement of palm oil as a...
One of Indonesia’s most notorious logging kingpins has been expelled from Liberia by presidential decree in a crackdown on illegal activity. President...
Great Ape Moment :Baby gorilla taking a nap. http://on.fb.me/UznOrq via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/408284993...
Great Ape Moment :A Baby bonobo shares papayas. Photo from Jingzhi Tan http://on.fb.me/VLVZhK via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/407551937...
Great Ape Moment: Baby orangutan Dewi. Picture by James D. Morgan. http://on.fb.me/10afnHX via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/406710019...
Grate Ape Moment: Baby orangutan Dewi. Picture by James D. Morgan. http://on.fb.me/SIckoe via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/406706570...
Dr. Linda Brent, who spent 20 years battling for the rights of laboratory chimpanzees in the U.S. and later helped establish and operate the Chimp Haven...
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An update on the struggle to find a permanent home for 6 chimpanzees kept as pets by a retired man at the Windy Oaks Animal Farm in Virginia, USA. Local...
AOL.com Video profiles the conservation hurdles facing bonobos in DR Congo. To view, click http://aol.it/UjUyVn http://on.fb.me/13v8QYg via Tumblr h...
GRASP Holiday Greetings: International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) - France http://on.fb.me/VZSh1c via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/405...
A new study suggests that climate change and forest fragmentation may exacerbate health problems among great apes living in highly seasonal habitats,...
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The tireless efforts of the Nyaru Mentang and Samboja Lestari orangutan caregivers in Borneo are highlighted in a Daily Mail photo gallery, which includes...
GRASP patron Jane Goodall and award-winning author Aminatta Forna will help launch “King Bruno,” a children’s book that tells the story of the first...
Orangutans Fun Facts:Orangutans can weigh up to 200 pounds.They share 96.4% of their genes with humans!They are highly intelligent creatures.They are...
Tallulah, the matriarch of the San Francisco Zoo’s chimpanzee community, died this week following complications from heart disease and breast cancer....
A Spanish-language interview with Carmen Vidal, manager of the Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Center in DR Congo, in the Alicante daily newspaper, Informacion....
A closer look at James Mollison’s photography work, He decided against photographing in zoos or using ‘animal actors’ but traveled to Cameroon, Republic...
After being heavily criticized for using a live chimpanzee in TV ads, Great Clips hair salons announced it will discontinue the practice. Said Great...
The AZA’s Orangutan Species Survival Plan (SSP) monitors over 215 orangutans at zoos in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The physical differences between...
Despite the trend away from using great apes in entertainment, the Great Clips hair salons is currently airing television adverts that feature a chimpanzee....
A new Duke University study reveals that bonobos will happily share food with a stranger – and even give up their own meal — but only if they get social...
A Des Moines ape sanctuary plans to restore public visits this year after regaining its federal exhibitor license last month…Read full article http://dmreg.co/XEA12m...
GRASP Holiday Greetings: Wild Chimpanzee Foundation http://on.fb.me/Vxqaqb via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/399287245...
40 Apes: Photographed in Indonesia and the Republic of Congo by James Mollison. http://on.fb.me/VxfNTe via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/39...
GRASP Holiday Greetings: Bonobo Conservation Initiative http://on.fb.me/ZwVkTL via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/399262939...
The IUCN’s 10-year bonobo (Pan paniscus) conservation strategy – which identifies poaching as the single most urgent threat to the species’ long-term...
“Chimpanzees, and What if They Disappear?” (Chimpancés, y qué si desaparecen? )is a Spanish-language seminar that will be held at the Cosmocaixa Barcelona...
The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) - South Africa recently announced that it will assume full control of Chimpanzee Eden sanctuary operations, following...
An elderly man who is keeping 6 chimpanzees as pets in violation of local laws in Virginia, USA, is now caught in a race against time to find permanent...
GRASP Holiday Greetings: Project Primates (Guinea / France / USA) http://on.fb.me/VqlhPD via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com/post/397410631...
A recent study published in Behavioral Sciences examines the stereotypical behavior of chimpanzees rescued from the bushmeat trade and pet trade in Africa....
Despite promising to retire 113 chimpanzees from biomedical research to a sanctuary, the U.S. government lacks the funds to pay for their upkeep. For...
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Something about Jane: A profile of GRASP’s ambassador Jane Goodall.http://bit.ly/TAoQEh http://on.fb.me/Z1vBOw via Tumblr http://un-grasp.tumblr.com...
