Like us, chimps are highly social animals
Like us, chimps are highly social animals, care for their offspring for years and can live to be over 50. In fact, chimpanzees are our closest cousins; we share about 98% of our genes. In their habitat in the forests of Central Africa, chimpanzees spend most of their days in the treetops. When they do […]
Protecting pangolins
Almost every week there seems to be news of yet another big seizure of pangolins or their scales. Often in Asia, but increasingly regularly in Africa. Photos often show piles of pangolins curled up into a defensive ball. Frozen. Heading for an illegal market somewhere in the Far East, where their meat is prized as […]
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