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Why responsible tourism is the key to saving the mountain gorilla

Why responsible tourism is the key to saving the mountain gorilla

May 22, 2013December 22, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

The sunlight poured through the canopy, casting dappled shade over Makara, a large silverback mountain gorilla, as he cast his eyes around the forest clearing, checking on the members of his harem. A female gorilla reclined on a bank of dense vegetation of the most brilliant green, clutching her three day old infant close to […]

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Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests

Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests

May 14, 2013December 22, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

What happens to animals when their forest is cut down? If they can, they migrate to different forests. But in an age when forests are falling far and fast, many species may have to shift to entirely different environments. A new paper in Folia Primatologica theorizes that some 60 primate species and 20 wild cat […]

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Beautiful striped bat is the “find of a lifetime” (photos)

Beautiful striped bat is the “find of a lifetime” (photos)

April 29, 2013December 22, 2019 Supertrooper 38 Comments

Scientists have uncovered a rare, brilliantly-striped bat in the South Sudan that has yielded new secrets after close study. Working in Bangangai Game Reserve during July of last year, biologist DeeAnn Redeer and conservationist Adrian Garsdie with Fauna & Flora International (FFI) came across an unmissable bat, which has been dubbed by various media outlets […]

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