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Still Chimping from Chicago ›

by Lincoln Park Zoo

I have successfully completed my first field season and have now returned to Chicago. If nothing else, I met my minimum goal of surviving the forest. Believe it or not, the chimpanzees, baboons

Mshangao Sokwe (Chimpanzee Surprises) ›

by Lincoln Park Zoo

A tourist recently asked me the following question: “After more than five months of observing chimpanzees, do they still surprise you?”

(I know this is a cheesy way to begin an entry, but

Mwezi Moja Zaidi (One More Month) ›

by Lincoln Park Zoo

I am now on the final month of my first field season, so all of the “lasts” are beginning to occur. I just went to town for my last round of errands, one of which was to pick up two care packages

Kukuta Chakula (To Find Food) ›

by Lincoln Park Zoo

Right now the end of the dry season is in sight. In Gombe, the dry season lasts from June–November, and the wet season is December–May. While different fruits are continuously coming into season

Naitwa Matthew (I am called Matthew) ›

by Lincoln Park Zoo

I am doing my best to completely immerse myself in Tanzanian culture. Whenever I am in camp or town I first attempt to speak Swahili to any Tanzanian (regardless of whether the other person speaks

Mtoto Mpya (New Child) ›

by Lincoln Park Zoo

Gremlin (left) and Gaia (right) with

Kuwa na Mzazi Mzuri (To Be a Good Parent) ›

by Lincoln Park Zoo

As I watch mother and infant chimpanzees all day long, I think about how Jane Goodall wrote about learning to be a mother by watching mother chimpanzees in her book “Through a Window.” One of her