New research marks the first documented case of an ape using a plant with scientifically proven medicinal properties to treat a fresh wound. scim.ag/6OW

Excited to introduce Global Lives of the Orangutan's free #ethnographic resources for #orangutan & other #conservationists - created w/the POKOK project, now in English and Bahasa Indonesia 1/6 globallivesoftheorangutan.org/resources/

We are hiring! Our School Brackenhurst ARES is looking for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Zoology with expertise in Conservation Genetics. Deadline: May 17th

vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Come and join our amazing team!

🚨MORE JOBS🚨

We have 4 Research and 3 Innovation Fellowships on our E3 'Sharing Space for Nature' initiative. All 5-yr posts. Deadline: May 24th

+ 10 days left to apply for lectureships in Conservation Science and Marine Conservation. Deadline: May 6th

kent.ac.uk/durrell-instit…

🧵(1/4) Exciting news! A first-of-its-kind study led by Re:wild, @iucn, @dice_kent, and Oxford University, published in @sciencemagazine, reveals conservation efforts are effective at slowing biodiversity loss. 🌿 rewild.org/conservation-w…
#ConservationWorks #Biodiversity

Finally presenting Professor David Chivers with Gibbons in the Anthropocene book for which he wrote the foreword. Co-edited by Dr Susan Cheyne 🌏 🏳️‍🌈 Helen Chatterjee Carolyn Thompson (Summers) & Prof Fan Peng-fei. David presented the David Chivers prize for Primate Conservation OBU student from 2022-23 cohort.

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Out today⚡️
Gibbons have different voices (just like we do) and we can exploit this to count populations more accurately.

We applied this idea to one of the rarest primates on Earth, finding that it's much closer to extinction than we previously thought.
nature.com/articles/s4159…

Thank you to IPPL for inviting me as a guest speaker to their biennial members meeting. It was a honour to present gibbon research alongside the other incredible speakers, and a real pleasure to meet the gibbons, carers and supporters 🤍 #phdlife UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research ZSL Science

Apparently it's autism awareness month-weird to me as I'll still be autistic next month,but here are a few things I've learned since my late diagnosis (Nov '21,age 49):

We have MANY more neurons than neurotypical folk bc synaptic pruning didn't really happen when we were tiny...

*NEW PUBLICATION* 🙌🏽 ✨

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🚨JOB ALERT!🚨

We are advertising three new lectureships on our £8.3 million E3 'Sharing Space for Nature' initiative.

2 Lecturers in Conservation Science - jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?i…

1 Lecturer in Marine Conservation - jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?i…

Deadline to apply is 6th May

Great MRes opportunity to work with an incredible primatologist! Get your applications in 💪🏼

*NEW PUBLICATION: Confirmation of Skywalker gibbons in Myanmar*

Our findings increase the population size & distribution, but the gibbons are still threatened & most are found outside PAs.

Congrats to my co-authors for this important research.

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

We are delighted to announce the online publication of Recommendations for Responsible #Primate -Watching for Primate #tourism Professionals! human-primate-interactions.org/responsible.../

Life update: I'm super excited to say I've been working since January as a research lecturer in the new People and Nature lab UCL East campus within the fabulous UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research! Get in touch to explore PhD studentships, fellowships and MSc opportunities together :)

Today I took my small babe to a conference. It was a huge confidence boost and very empowering to break some barriers. Thank you to everyone who accommodated us and lent an extra pair of hands 🙏🏽 Dr Susan Cheyne 🌏 🏳️‍🌈 Helen Chatterjee Ian Redmond Stuart Semple PrimateSocietyGB

Been off X as popped out a baby 5 months ago 🤍. Today I went to my 1st conference & left babe at home — mum goal conquered ✨! However, I asked for an area to pump & dump…here I am standing in a closet! I think we can do better for #academicmums …😤 #phdstudent #WomenInSTEM

Two fab Animal Welfare PhD opportunities at the University of Bristol!
#1: Animal Sentience findaphd.com/phds/project/d…