Looking forward to musing on the #mountaingorilla story and what lessons it can offer for the conservation of other species and ecosystems, in Edinburgh next month. Do come along if you are in the area or watch online: rse.org.uk/event/gorillas… at 6pm on Tuesday 11th February 2025.

Gorillas, the largest great apes, live across 10 African countries, split between eastern and western species. Their habitat is disappearing fast due to deforestation and human encroachment. We're working hard to protect them and their forests. Learn more bit.ly/gorillahabitat

Apply for a conservation, research or captive care grant up to the value of £1250! Applications must be submitted by the 1st March. For information about how to apply, and previous projects funded by PSGB, see the grants page of our website: buff.ly/48dv99h

Fantastic news, and richly deserved!

Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language? 🐋🎶 My latest study in Science Advances suggests they do—following linguistic laws seen in human speech. 🧵science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Our deadline for grant applications is only a few days away (1st March)! For information on how to submit an application for a conservation, captive care or research grant, check out our grants page psgb.org/pages/grants

Together we can minimize the risk of disease transmission to #mountaingorillas #SecuringtheFutureforMountainGorillas #gorillafriendlytm #Pledge

It’s been years in the making, but it’s finally out now! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We will be running elections for both the Marketing officer and editor for the Primate Eye later this year. For both positions, we are offering the opportunity for extended handovers with prospective applicants, through direct support in these rolls across this year. For info:

reach out to the current marketing officer (psgb.org/pages/55-olive…) or editor of the primate eye (psgb.org/pages/dr-linds…).

Fabulous PhD opportunity, working with a superb supervisory team!

The bluebells have bloomed 🐵💜 Deep in the forest, in the location where the second group of monkeys sleep, a sea of bluebells has decorated the forest floor 💙🥹 We waited patiently, observed them making their way to the treetops, and brought our camera to capture these

Breaking News from Monkey Forest ❤ Tiny Treetop Arrivals 🌳🐒❤ It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for 🫶... We’re absolutely DELIGHTED to announce the arrival of three baby Barbary macaques, born high in the trees of our 60-acre woodland during late May! With their

Read more here: monkey-forest.com/news/three-bab…

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OH MY GOODNESS📣📣📣 They're arriving like little buses ❤️ Last week, we were shocked to hear that one of our expecting mothers, 'Marilyn', gave birth in the daytime 😯 here at Trentham Monkey Forest - while visitors were walking about the forest 🫶 This is extremely rare, as

Like butter wouldn't melt ❤🐵

They're clingy little things 🥹! The baby monkeys during their first month are generally carried on the belly❤. But after this time period, they tend to ride on the back 🐒🏇! They are carried quite often up until after their first year, where it happens on fewer occasions.

New paper out in eLife! 🎉 Old age variably impacts chimpanzee engagement and efficiency in stone tool use elifesciences.org/articles/105411 (including videos of wild elderly chimpanzees using tools! 🪨🌰)

Today’s 20 wild years story is all about the oldest monkey that we have here at Monkey Forest a 31 year old female ‘S75’. She represents the care and attention we give to the beloved Barbary macaques that call the 60 acre Staffordshire woodland home. The average age of