Ranges of Western Lowland Gorillas
Western lowland gorilla ranges are in general larger than those of mountain gorillas - this has been the general opinion among researchers for a long…
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Ape Trafficking Escalates as Demand Increases in the Middle East and South Asia
Africa's great ape sanctuaries have become inundated with new arrivals, rescued from the collateral damage of the bushmeat trade and targeted…
[details]Life History Patterns of Female Gorillas
The concept of net energy balance is familiar to all of us: we eat too many calories and we gain weight; we exercise a lot without changing caloric…
[details]Gorillas, Chimpanzees and Forest Elephants Thrive in the Rio Campo Nature Reserve
Protected areas aim to conserve wildlife - particularly large, charismatic species like gorillas - while benefiting local communities. But in tropical…
[details]Behavioural Flexibility and Foraging Strategies of Wild Western Gorillas
Tropical rainforests are characterized by seasonal fluctuations in fruit availability with important inter-annual variations in tree productivity.…
[details]Interspecific Interactions between Sympatric Apes
Gorillas live sympatrically with chimpanzees in most of their distribution area, but there are only a few sites where both species have been…
[details]Lethal Coalitionary Attacks of Chimpanzees on Gorillas in Loango National Park, Gabon
In 2019, in Loango National Park, Gabon, we observed two lethal coalitionary attacks by chimpanzees on gorillas, with each attack lasting approximatly…
[details]The Struggle for Survival in the Maiombe Forest Continues
The Maiombe National Park (MNP) covers a large part of the Maiombe forest component of Angola, an area of some 1,930 km² in Cabinda Province, an…
[details]Conservation Efforts and Costs for Monitoring Gorillas at Douguetsi Site, Gabon
Despite the efforts of conservation NGOs and research teams, the expansion of anthropogenic activities such as bushmeat hunting, logging, and…
[details]A Long-Term Monitoring Programme for Great Apes in Monte Alén National Park
Equatorial Guinea's forests maintain some of the highest levels of biodiversity in Central Africa (Sunderland 2005). Despite its small size, the…
[details]Give Me Your Dung And I Will Tell You Who You Are
In many primate species individuals coordinate their activities, share space and form groups. But how do groups form, how long can they exist and how…
[details]One of the Biggest Ape Traffickers of Africa Arrested
Abdourahamane Sidibé, a major wildlife trafficker of Guinean nationality, was arrested on 18 February 2017 in Conakry in a special operation by…
[details]First Twins Born to Habituated Western Lowland Gorillas
At the end of January 2016 the Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas complex in the Central African Republic recorded the first ever western lowland gorilla…
[details]Gorilla Habituation for Research and Tourism in Loango
Two components of gorilla conservation are research and tourism. Research provides the baseline information concerning the natural ecological and…
[details]Seed Dispersal by Western Lowland Gorillas: from Fruits to Seedlings
African tropical rainforests, the second most important biodiversity refuge after the Amazonian basin, host a multitude of plant species. The majority…
[details]Using Remote Video Camera Traps for Multi-Species Assessments in Gabon
Accurate population assessments of endangered species are of great importance for determining conservation priorities and measuring the success of…
[details]Update: Conflict in the Central African Republic
The Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas (DSPA), located in the southwestern Central African Republic (CAR) and the northern edge of the Congo basin, is…
[details]Can the Mayombe Forest be Saved?
![[Translate to Englisch:] Mayombe: der Wald hinten liegt in Cabinda; vorn Niari, Republik Kongo](/fileadmin/user_upload/regenwald-abholzung.jpg "[Translate to Englisch:] Mayombe: der Wald hinten liegt in Cabinda; vorn Niari, Republik Kongo")
The Mayombe forest ("Maiombe" in Angola. "Mayombe" in Congo and DRC, and as agreed in the transfrontier context, and "Mayumba in Gabon), stretching…
[details]Park Protects Swamp Dwelling Gorillas
In 2000, WCS Senior Conservationist, and National Geographic explorer, Mike Fay set off on his now famous MegaTransect through the forests of Central…
[details]Gorillas in the Dimonika Biosphere Reserve
Designated in 1988 under the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Program, Dimonika Biosphere Reserve is located in the central Mayombe Mountain chain in the…
[details]The Bambidie Gorillas
The Bambidie Gorilla Project (BGP), founded in 2008, aims to preserve a population of western lowland gorillas, between the villages of…
Orphan Gorilla Confiscation in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea is experiencing a dramatic oil-fuelled economic boom which over the last decade has increased incomes, encouraged urban migration…
[details]Guide Refresher Training at Bai Hokou and Mongambe
The Primate Habituation Programme (PHP) in the Central African Republic is an integral part of the conservation activities of Dzanga-Sangha Protected…
[details]Transboundary Collaboration in Mayombe
The Mayombe forest, part of the Guineo-Congolian biome, forms the south-western part of the tropical rainforest in the Congo Basin, and the southern…
Feeding Ecology of Sympatric Apes
![[Translate to EN:] Ein Gorilla-Silberrückenmann auf der Suche nach Früchten in Loango.](/fileadmin/news/Ein_Gorilla-Silberrueckenmann_auf_der_Suche_nach_Fruechten_in_Loango..jpg "[Translate to EN:] Ein Gorilla-Silberrückenmann auf der Suche nach Früchten in Loango.")
Examining dietary composition and overlap between species living within the same environment is important for improving our understanding of their…
[details]Gorillas in Deng-Deng
Deng Deng - Previous Surveys
In 1998 an environmental impact survey of a proposed oil pipeline route from Chad to Cameroon was commissioned by the…
Wildlife Trafficking in Gabon
The critical situation of the elephants and the great apes, and their role in the regeneration of the tropical forest, are well documented and…
[details]Gorilla Killers Arrested in Congo
Two men were recently arrested in the Kabo forestry concession in northern Republic of Congo for hunting a gorilla. The hunt was carried out during…
[details]The Aspinall Foundation's Project in Gabon
Over the last 12 years, UK-charity The Aspinall Foundation has been running a unique western lowland gorilla rehabilitation and reintroduction project…
[details]Readaptation of an Injured Juvenile
Since 2003, we have been trying to habituate western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) for the purpose of scientific research in Moukalaba-Doudou…
[details]Response to Oil Prospecting in Gabon
As the world's oil reserves continue to decline, interest from major petroleum companies in the largely unexploited reserves of African oil increases.…
[details]Human Impact on Gorilla Behaviour
Western lowland gorilla tourism exists on a considerably smaller scale than that of the high profile mountain gorillas. Yet the successful habituation…
[details]Bai Hokou
The south-western region of the Central African Republic includes one of the most pristine tropical forests in the whole of Africa. Located in the…
Obituary: Jordi Sabater Pí
The ethologist Jordi Sabater Pí, Professor Emeritus at the Universitat de Barcelona and one of the internationally best-known Spanish scientists, died…
[details]Western Gorilla Life History
Gorillas are known among the great apes for their fast life history patterns. In <link internal-link>zoos it is common for female gorillas to give birth before reaching…
PALF
The aim of PALF (Projet d'Appui à l'Application de la Loi sur la Faune Sauvage) is the legal protection of endangered species of the Congo Republic by…
[details]Moukalaba-Doudou
Since 1999, a long-term survey of gorillas and chimpanzees has been conducted by Kyoto University in Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon. The…
[details]Western Gorilla Tourism
Following the widely perceived success of mountain gorilla tourism, there has been increasing interest in developing tourism based on the observation…
[details]Possible Goundou in Gorillas
It is generally recognised that naturally occurring treponematosis is found in some African nonhuman primates. In addition, bone lesions of…
[details]New Gorilla Population Estimates in Northern Republic of Congo
On 5 August, 2008, at the XXII International Primatological Society Congress in Edinburgh, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced the…
Club Ebobo
Gorilla populations throughout Western Equatorial Africa are rapidly declining. Illegal bushmeat hunting and the lack of law enforcement are seen as…
First Observation of the Birth of a Western Gorilla in the Wild
On the 4th December 2007, staff of the Dzanga-Sangha's Primate Habituation Programme (PHP) witnessed the birth of a new gorilla infant into the…
Advantages and Disadvantages of Ape Research and Tourism
The behaviour of free-ranging chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) has been studied in the Taï National Park in Côte d'Ivoire since 1979. Three communities…
Educational Activities in the Republic of Congo
Following on from its success with gorilla reintroductions and protected area management, the PPG (Projet Protection des Gorilles)-Congo has recently…
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