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Wave of arrests as Madagascar shuts down tortoise trafficking network
Authorities in Madagascar have arrested 19 people on suspicion of trafficking tortoises, part of intensifying efforts in the ...
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At over $10,000 per kilogram, Africa’s first caviar is surprising the luxury food industry
High in the mountains of Madagascar, just east of the capital Antananarivo, Lake Mantasoa has emerged as an unlikely source of this opulent ingredient. “Every expert was saying it was impossible ...
Christian Science Monitor23d
Madagascar fights to save the forests that made it famous
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...
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Madagascar's Rural Revival - How Two African Development Bank-Supported Programs Are Transforming Agriculture and Entrepreneurship [announcement]
Two pioneering programs supported by the African Development Bank in Madagascar are breathing new life into the agricultural sector and unlocking entrepreneurial opportunities for young people. The ...
They Sued the Air Force and Won. Now These Chimps Get a Second Chance.
Save the Chimps is an organization unlike any other. The world’s largest privately funded chimpanzee sanctuary, it’s home to ...
Mongabay21d
To conserve chimps, understand their genetic traits and local adaptations, says study
Chimpanzees are adapted to live across diverse habitats in Africa, but little is known about the potential adaptation of chimps in different ... Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). A team of more than ...
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Thousands of endangered tortoises rescued from floods in Madagascar after Cyclone Dikeledi
Thousands of critically endangered tortoises in Madagascar have been rescued after they were swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods. The 12,000 radiated and ...
The New York Times29d
Mother Chimp and Daughter Share a Special Sign
Humans are known to invent private hand gestures. Chimps in the wild do, too, a new study suggests. By Brandon Keim Parents and their children, or people who know each other well, often share some ...
Gizmodo29d
Peeing Can Be Contagious for Both People and Chimps
They observed captive chimpanzees living at the Kumamoto Sanctuary for hundreds of hours, noticing that when one chimp decided to pee, others would often follow suit. This phenomenon might be ...
Discover Magazine29d
Contagious Urinations Cause Chimps to Go in Groups
A new paper published in Current Biology suggests a novel twist on an old saying: Instead of "monkey see, monkey do," the paper proposes "chimp see, chimp pee." Well, not in so many words. But the ...
Seattle Times26d
Do chimps who urinate together stay together?
She is part of a team of researchers that recently discovered that the primates tend to tinkle when they see nearby chimps do the same. In a study published Monday in the journal Current Biology ...