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Primates

Buffy-headed marmoset
Voices

Species Spotlight: The Buffy-Headed Marmoset Is Menaced on Multiple Fronts

This miniature monkey from Brazil faces a losing battle with disease, invasive species and an ever-shrinking habitat.
June 17, 2021
by
Carla B. Possamai and Sarisha Trindade
This miniature monkey from Brazil faces a losing battle with disease, invasive species and an ever-shrinking habitat.
mountain gorillas
Extinction Countdown

YouTube Videos Inspire Unsafe Mountain Gorilla Tourism, Study Finds

Videos of people getting too close to, and touching, the rare apes motivates other people to want to do the same — and that could spread diseases like COVID-19 to a critically endangered species.
September 3, 2020
by
John R. Platt
Videos of people getting too close to, and touching, the rare apes motivates other people to want to do the same — and that could spread diseases like COVID-19 to a critically endangered species.
Zanzibar red colobus
Extinction Countdown

Possible Monkey Extinction Highlights the Risk to Africa’s Most Endangered Primate Group

The IUCN just declared an African monkey known as Miss Waldron’s red colobus “possibly extinct.” Other species could be quick to follow, conservationists warn.
July 23, 2019
by
John R. Platt
The IUCN just declared an African monkey known as Miss Waldron’s red colobus “possibly extinct.” Other species could be quick to follow, conservationists warn.
chimpanzee
Voices

How Social Media Supports Animal Cruelty and the Illegal Pet Trade

Images of chimpanzees and other species appear cute, but they may actually depict animals in dangerous situations. Here’s how to tell what’s safe to share — and how that helps conservation.
June 20, 2019
by
Ashley Edes
Images of chimpanzees and other species appear cute, but they may actually depict animals in dangerous situations. Here’s how to tell what’s safe to share — and how that helps conservation.
reading
Reviews

Orangutans, Coal, Climate and Resistance: The 13 Best Environmental Books of May

This month brings two new books about the psychology of climate change and a two-volume series on resistance, plus at look at the secrets that blind us from taking action.
May 6, 2019
by
John R. Platt
This month brings two new books about the psychology of climate change and a two-volume series on resistance, plus at look at the secrets that blind us from taking action.
Mountain gorillas
Editorials

A Dream of Mountain Gorillas Deferred

Is it worth flying halfway around the world to see an endangered species if the greenhouse emissions from flying put that species further at risk?
April 29, 2019
by
John R. Platt
Is it worth flying halfway around the world to see an endangered species if the greenhouse emissions from flying put that species further at risk?
indri lemur
Extinction Countdown

Lemurs in Crisis: 105 Species Now Threatened with Extinction

At least 95 percent of Madagascar’s beloved primates are now at risk, conservationists warn.
August 9, 2018
by
John R. Platt
At least 95 percent of Madagascar’s beloved primates are now at risk, conservationists warn.
eco-books
Sustainability

February’s Best New Eco-books — All 17 of Them

This month’s new books look at America’s disappearing bees, how religion can fight climate change, a pioneering woman scientist and a lot more.
February 2, 2018
by
John R. Platt
This month’s new books look at America’s disappearing bees, how religion can fight climate change, a pioneering woman scientist and a lot more.
climate change december
Sustainability

Chimpanzees, Ecotourism, Climate Change and Wildlife Law: New Eco-Books for December

This month brings us several great new books for the dedicated environmentalists on your holiday shopping list.
December 1, 2017
by
John R. Platt
This month brings us several great new books for the dedicated environmentalists on your holiday shopping list.
wildlife trafficking
Extinction Countdown

The 301 Mammal Species Most Threatened by Overhunting

The bushmeat trade and traditional medicine could push tigers, chimpanzees, pangolins and hundreds of other species toward extinction
October 30, 2017
by
John R. Platt
The bushmeat trade and traditional medicine could push tigers, chimpanzees, pangolins and hundreds of other species toward extinction

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