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Spotlight on the Urban Ecology of Long-tailed Macaques
The study of conservation biology, and its oft-times competitor – urbanization, is increasingly relevant to the study of primatology. As a species, long-tailed macaques demonstrate a number of...
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Rehabilitation and Release: West African Chimpanzee Conservation Success
By: Kristin Abt Recently published online in the International Journal of Primatology, an article by Humle, Colin, Laurans, and Raballand (2010) discusses the release of a group of 12 chimpanzeees into...
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Habitat Fragmentation’s Effect on an Endangered Indian Primate, the...
Woodland Park Zoo Lion-tailed Macaque (Photo: Kristin Abt) By: Kristin Abt The Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) is an endangered cercopithecine primate native to the Western Ghats region of India,...
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Orangutan Behavior during the Rehabilitation Process
By Kristin Abt Orangutan at Sepilok (Photo: Kristin Abt) A recent article “Fostering Appropriate Behavior in Rehabilitant Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)” published online in the International Journal...
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Environmental Enrichment for Captive Primates: Recent Article on the...
By: Kristin Abt A recent article in the journal, Zoo Biology, discusses the current lack of gum enrichment for certain primate species in a captive setting that is in contrast to their wild behavior....
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Coquerel’s Sifaka Born at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
On April 13, 2011, The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore announced the birth of an Endangered Coquerel’s Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) making it one of only 50 individuals found in accredited institutions in...
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