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Kuanguka (To Fall) ›
The title refers to the leaves out here, but I kept it vague to allow me to lead into a quick story. That being that my wife, Shalini, was correct in thinking her husband might be a bit clumsy.
Read More ›Macho ya Kushangaza (Amazing Eyes) ›
Anyone who knows me knows that I do not excel when it comes to
Read More ›Sokwe Wanawinda (Chimpanzees Hunt) ›
Carson Murray, Sampson, Magombe and I were hiking through the forest searching for female chimpanzees with their kids when we came across four males (Ferdinand, Apollo Freud and Tubi) that were
Read More ›Our Arrival ›
Fisher Center Behavioral Ecologist Carson Murray, Davee Center Endocrinologist Rachel Santymire, Ph.D., Matt Heintz (a grad student of Fisher Center Director Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Ph.D.) and I got
Read More ›“Speaking” Swahili and Climbing After Chimpanzees ›
On Friday, Dominic, Carson, Matt and I, plus Anna Moser, the Jane Goodall Institute’s Gombe Stream Research Center Director of Research, went to Mitumbo, to the north of the Kasakela section, to
Read More ›Park Briefing and a Full Moon ›
For the last two days we have been organizing the project in camp part of the day and going out to see chimpanzees the other half. This morning, we presented Lincoln Park Zoo and Jane Goodall
Read More ›Kwanza Kiota (first nest) ›
I have studied chimpanzees in captivity for more than three years; I have read countless articles and watched numerous documentaries on chimpanzees and really felt I had a good grasp on their
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