November 4 2016: A new behavioural variant in wild chimpanzees: Algae fishing in Bakoun,
Guinea [German version]

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Press links:

• Chimps caught on camera 'fishing' for algae -Video
• GONE FISHING Scientists just observed chimpanzees doing something we’ve never seen them do: going fishing

• Chimpanzees Use Fishing Rods To Gather Algae From Rivers
• Chimpanzees routinely fish for algae with tools during the dry season in Bakoun, Guinea - Article in differenet languages

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February 29, 2016: Why do chimpanzees throw stones at trees? [German version]

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Press links:

• Why do some chimps throw rocks at trees?
• Tierische Steinewerfer: Forscher rätseln über Rowdy-Schimpansenl
• Mysterious chimpanzee behaviour may be evidence of ‘sacred’ rituals
• Seltsam: Warum werfen Schimpansen Steine gegen Bäume?
• Affen, die mit Steinen werfen
• Why Do Wild Chimpanzees Throw Stones At Trees?

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April 21, 2015: Participation sought! New citizen science project

In celebration of Earth Day on 22 April 22nd, a special citizen science project called Chimp&See will be launched online. The platform http://www.chimpandsee.org brings amateur researchers together with scientists and will show the general public just how exciting research can be! Read more here.

I want to watch chimp videos, take me to Chimp&See!

Chimp&See featured on the The Nature Conservancy's Cool Green Science blog!

Chimp&See is featured on the German citizen science portal Burger Schafen Wissen

Chimp&See interview with Christophe Boesch on Deutschlandfunk Radio (in German)

Chimp&See was featured on Science Update

The first lion seen in Gabon in the last 20 years caught on a PanAf camera trap (October 2015)

Press links:

• Lion makes surprise comeback in Gabon
• The Plateaux Batéké National Park now boasts four cat species, thanks to the return of the lion to Gabon
• The Forest Lion of Gabon
• Is this one of Central Africa's last lions?
• Camera trap footage sparks hope for a lion comeback in Gabon
  

Doctstation/Medienproduktion

Short documentary
on the PanAf Programme

English version or German version

Nature Video:

short documentary "The great ape program"

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01.28.2015 - African Golden Cat Hunting Footage:

The first ever video of one of the least known and most elusive wild cats on earth – the African golden cat – hunting during day light in Kibale National Park, Uganda. This new footage was recorded with a camera trap set by Samuel Angedakin, Kibale Project Manager for the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology’s Pan African Programme: The Cultured Chimpanzee, in collaboration with the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project, Uganda Wildlife Authority and the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology.

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explo.tv: Chimpanzees: Culture Loss

Primatologist Christophe Boesch explains that declining chimpanzee populations threatens the study of chimpanzee culture.

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