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Chimpanzee Stone Throwing at Guinea-Bissau Trees Studied
28+ min ago (485+ words) Scientists investigate accumulative stone throwing by chimpanzees at select trees in Guinea-Bissau to understand its social and communicative roles. In Guinea-Bissau’s Boé National Park, certain trees bear repeated marks from stones thrown by chimpanzees, with piles of rocks often found…...
Chimpanzees Keep Throwing Stones at the Same Trees – Scientists Want To Know Why
14+ hour, 15+ min ago (960+ words) Chimpanzee stone-throwing sites may preserve rare evidence of primate culture and communication. In the savanna woodland of Boé National Park in Guinea-Bissau, a scarred tree can tell a strange story. Around its base, rocks may lie in small piles, while…...
Conserving Sierra Leone’s western chimpanzees: Interview with Tacugama’s Willie Tucker
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (880+ words) In Sierra Leone, the critically endangered western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) faces growing threats from habitat loss, deforestation, illegal wildlife trade and expanding human activity. For the past 30 years, Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary has worked to rescue, rehabilitate and protect chimpanzees…...
Land of the Primates - Series 1 - Episode 4
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (153+ words) ITVX is the streaming home for all of ITV and so much more! With exclusive new series launching every week, an ever-changing library of blockbuster movies, the nation's biggest live events, curated live streaming channels, thousands of box sets and…...
'Astrochimp' gets historical marker near NC Zoo
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (420+ words) Following his space flight, Ham initially was housed at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., and later retired to the North Carolina Zoo, where he lived until he died in 1983. The first primate launched into space, who later lived at the…...
Land of the Primates - Series 1 - Episode 3
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (151+ words) ITVX is the streaming home for all of ITV and so much more! With exclusive new series launching every week, an ever-changing library of blockbuster movies, the nation's biggest live events, curated live streaming channels, thousands of box sets and…...
Ham the Astrochimp, first ape in space who retired to the NC Zoo, finally gets his due
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (808+ words) In 1961, scientists pinned their hopes for space travel on a 4-year-old chimpanzee named Ham, loading him aboard a Mercury-Redstone rocket, strapping on a NASA helmet and launching him 157 miles above the Earth. For 16 minutes, Ham the Astrochimp zoomed through space…...
North Carolina honors the chimpanzee who helped pave the way to space
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (411+ words) ASHEBORO, NC (WWAY) — A North Carolina resident with an out-of-this-world story will soon receive a permanent place in state history. Ham the Astrochimp, the first hominid launched into space, will be honored with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker near…...
Chimp who hugged Jane Goodall after rescue now teaches her daughter to live in Congo's forest
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (428+ words) A video is gaining attention online that shows Wounda — the chimpanzee rescued from wildlife traffickers who became famous for her emotional embrace with Dr. Jane Goodall — raising her daughter in the Republic of the Congo. The Jane Goodall Institute recently…...
Historic marker to honor Ham the Astrochimp near North Carolina Zoo
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (133+ words) A chimpanzee that made history by traveling to space before living at the North Carolina Zoo will soon be honored with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker. The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources announced that a marker…...