Vocalisation and the origins of language
Chimpanzees Asanti and Akuna vocalising. A new study shows that wild chimpanzees use a variety of call combinations to expand messaging. © Liran Samuni, Taï Chimpanzee Project. Wild chimpanzees alter the meaning of single calls when embedding them into diverse call...
Friendly social behaviours contagious for chimpanzees
Don and Duncan playing (Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage, Group 2). Credit: Dr Jake Brooker, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Chimpanzees are more likely to groom or play with each other if they see others partake of friendly social behaviours...
New temperatures in two-thirds of key tropical forest
The threatened Mt Kilimanjaro Colobus (Colobus caudatus) is only found in Highland Forests on the Tanzania-Kenya border straddling two Key Biodiversity Areas. Credit: Alexander Lees. Two-thirds of Key Biodiversity Areas in tropical forests are experiencing new...