A Quest to Save the Orangutan
Birute Mary Galdikas has devoted her life to saving the great ape. But the orangutan faces its greatest threat yet
December 2010 |
By Bill Brubaker
Thinking Like a Chimpanzee
Tetsuro Matsuzawa has spent 30 years studying our closest primate relative to better understand the human mind
September 2010 |
By Jon Cohen
UPDATE: State of Emergency
The latest on the endangered mountain gorillas in war-ravaged Congo
January 09, 2008 |
By Jess Blumberg
Animal Insight
Recent studies illustrate which traits humans and apes have in common—and which they don't
October 11, 2007 |
By Anne Casselman
Guerrillas in Their Midst
Face to face with Congo's imperiled mountain gorillas
October 2007 |
By Paul Raffaele
State of Emergency
The slaughter of four endangered mountain gorillas in war-ravaged Congo sparks conservationist action
August 01, 2007 |
By Jess Blumberg
When one of the National Zoo's gorillas goes in for tests, it's not just standard operating-room procedure
By discovering heart disease early, echocardiograms have improved life for many a human; now Washington cardiologists are using them to help great apes at the National Zoo
January 1997 |
By Michael Kernan
