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Data Science for Conservation: Using the Power of the Cloud to Map Chimpanzee Habitat Connectivity in Africa

April 01, 2026 — Chimpanzees are endangered, and as threats to their survival continue to rise and expand from habitat loss, hunting and the illegal pet trade, it is crucial to have relevant and up-to-date information at scales meaningful to support conservation decisions. With support from NASA, the Jane Goodall Institute has already partnered with researchers from the Global […]

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The Importance of Continued Conservation Research

April 01, 2026 — Realistic thinking accrues only after mistake making, which is the cosmic wisdom’s most cogent way of teaching each of us how to carry on.- Buckminster Fuller Mother Nature has a mind of her own. No matter how many times you check the weather, it can change within the hour. Similarly, just when we think we […]

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Bringing Back the Bees Without Harming the Environment

April 01, 2026 — What did you have for breakfast this morning? A cup of coffee? Avocado on toast? Berries and yogurt? Some honey nut cereal by chance? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you consumed a product pollinated by bees, the hard-working insect that allows you to stay hard at work. Bees are essential for […]

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Swimming with Sharks & Rays: New Tourism Guide Released

April 01, 2026 — Blood rushes through your veins as you swim closer to the giant lurking in the shadows. Your hands shake holding your camera, ready to get the video of a lifetime. The warm Indian Ocean engulfs you as you inch nearer, eager to encounter the biggest fish in the sea: the whale shark. You stop and […]

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The Amazon You Have Not Seen is Disappearing: Yasuni Man

April 01, 2026 — Interview with filmmaker Ryan Killackey of Yasuni Man At the International Primatological Society Conference, the JGI jungles of the Congo Basin interacted with the jungles of hundreds of other primate researchers and organizations. Along this primate journey, I met a filmmaker named Ryan Patrick Killackey, who is the producer, writer and director of a film called […]

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A Star is Born in ‘Naledi: A Baby Elephant’s Tale’

April 01, 2026 — They say that the impact of a name determines so much in a single life that it perhaps can even shape and define an individual. When a baby elephant entered the world in Botswana, the stars aligned to create one destined for greatness: “Naledi,” or ‘star’ in Setswana. In Naledi: A Baby Elephant’s Tale, we’re […]

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The Brutal Poetry of Nature

April 01, 2026 — The world is jam packed with bad news. It’s like traffic, sometimes you just can’t avoid it. But there is the road less traveled. If you follow this road it will reveal a spellbinding landscape: devoid of plastic, litter, smog and clouds of disappointment. The natural world is medicine, and last month while on an […]

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Air China Bans Shipment of Shark Fins

April 01, 2026 — FACT: Fifteen species of sharks are endangered and 11 are critically endangered. FACT: As many as 73 million sharks are killed for the shark fin trade every year. Ever since the release of Jaws, there’s a general attitude that sharks are violent, dangerous creatures keen to attack anything that comes their way. Thankfully, the perception […]

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Meet the Vaquita, Before It’s Gone

April 01, 2026 — In the Gulf of California’s shallow waters, the world’s smallest marine mammal is in desperate trouble. The vaquita, known in Spanish as “little cow,” is projected to go extinct by next year. There are only 30 vaquitas left in the wild, according to a recent report by the International Committee for the Recovery of the […]

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World Wildlife Day: A World Without Wildlife, is Not a World at All

April 01, 2026 — What would the world absent of wildlife look like? We might think of a morning without the chiming song of birds, an ocean without whales spouting blasts of sea water beside ships, or a forest without the heart-stopping calls of chimpanzees. This is a world we cannot imagine, because it is one we should not […]

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