If insect applications prove to be medicinal, this adds to the importance of safeguarding chimpanzees and their habitats ...

A new study in Tropical Conservation Science finds that Kibale National Park in Uganda has retained its tropical forest despite pressures of a dense human population and large-scale clearing ...

Commercial timber harvesting results in the loss of critical habitat for tropical forest fauna, and large-bodied frugivores (including chimpanzees and most other apes) may experience particularly ...

A new study of Uganda’s Kibale National Park refutes the conventional wisdom that parks cause poverty along their borders. “Apparently the park provides a source of insurance; [locals] can hunt, or ...

Call it Darwinian evolution in action: A troop of wild chimpanzees in Uganda has learned a valuable survival skill — to look before crossing. In a video published by New Scientist, one chimp can be ...

Amabere Caves near Fort Portal are steeped in local legend and cultural history. The name translates to " breasts ," as the ...

Young chimpanzees are remarkably innovative, inventing tools and improving on ones that adults use—and this technical ...

The diversity and the distribution of epiphytic orchids in Kibale National Park were investigated. Sampling was by the canopy-based methods that included the Single Rope Technique and a local climber.

The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has officially opened the Kibale Conservation Education Centre, a Shs600 million facility designed to train youth and communities in conservation, promote research, ...

PEOPLE are not alone in waging war. Their closest living cousins, chimpanzees, also slaughter their own kind—in brutal attacks that primatologists increasingly view as strategic, co-ordinated assaults ...

Ms Arinaitwe said there is a need to improve infrastructure within the district to help locals access markets and attract more tourists ...