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FAMILY TIME WITH BONOBO MATRIARCH MATATA
Now 40, the bonobo matriarch Matata leads a life of dignity with her family at Great Ape Trust. One of the last wild-born bonobos to enter the United States, Matata contributed greatly to the science of ape language – not because she comprehended the lexigram symbols herself, but because during her own instruction, she cradled her adopted son, Kanzi, whose spontaneous lexigrams utterances as a 6-month-old put researchers at the precipice of a new scientific frontier. » Read
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RESTRUCTURING SHIFTS FOCUS TO BONOBO RESEARCH, RWANDA CONSERVATION
Reorganization is sharpening Great Ape Trust's focus on two priority areas: language research with a colony of six bonobos and a landmark conservation effort in Rwanda. Leaders of the scientific research center expect reorganization to lead to diversification of funding streams and greater success of both projects. » Read
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RWANDA'S FOREST OF HOPE TO EXPAND BY 21 PERCENT
2010 is shaping up to be a big year for Great Ape Trust's Forest of Hope project in Rwanda. The Gishwati National Conservation Park is expanding by 21 percent as development begins on a 30-mile forest corridor to Nyungwe National Park for 14 chimpanzees facing extinction. » Read
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RESEARCHERS GETTING THE POOP ON POOP
DNA analysis from fecal samples collected from the 14 Gishwati chimpanzees will tell field researchers about the great apes' relationships to one another, including parentage, the degree of inbreeding within the community and genetic similarities as the Gishwati Area Conservation Program enters its third year. » Read
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