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Beginning a year in the chimpanzee forest. Hello from Kibale National Park, Uganda Who am I? I’m a graduate student from the USA at the beginning of a year of doctoral research on wild chimpanzees. For

Is taking photos of chimps research? It is if they're yawning. Hi steemit! I'm a doctoral student studying wild chimpanzees in Uganda. I'd love to share some bits of chimp science and forest life with

With over 180 chimpanzees to remember, names matter. Lucky us, there are more chimps to identify each year! Greetings from the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project. Here’s a little research update from a doctoral

What do you think happens when an old chimpanzee goes missing for months on end? It was a mystery until a few days ago. Greetings from the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project. Here’s a little research update from

Reaching ages over 60 years, chimpanzees are one of the few animals that approach human longevity. While we've long viewed old age in humans as unique, a recent study shows that the difference between

The group marched in silence until a scream broke everyone into a sprint. The hunt was on. Another noise I didn’t recognize joined the chimpanzees’ pants and shrieks. The alarms from red-colobus monkeys

Greetings from Kibale National Park, Uganda! I’m a researcher studying the lives of chimpanzees (my introduceyourself). Specifically, I follow the Ngogo chimps, a huge community of about 200 individuals

How did humans evolve? What happened in the last 6 million years that made us so unique? Hi steemit! I recently introduced myself as a student and researcher in biological anthropology. In my first post,

There's lots of wonderful and quirky science content on steemit, I thought I'd jump right in! Here's my quick personal introduction with a focus on my research. I'm a graduate student getting a PhD in