Podcasts about kibale national park

Join your host Keith for a captivating conversation with Tom Lloyd, a recent adventurer on The Bucket List Company's Uganda expedition. Tom recounts his experiences navigating the vibrant city of Kampala, encountering playful chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, and marvelling at the diverse wildlife in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Hear about the cultural immersion, the stunning landscapes, and the build-up to the ultimate highlight – gorilla trekking! This episode sets the stage for an unforgettable journey through the heart of Africa.For more information on the Gorilla Trekking Uganda Trip - Click HereBlog Posts & Additional InformationWhen is the Best Time to Go Gorilla Trekking? Planning Your Primate Paradise AdventureUganda: A Bucket List Adventure - Trip ReportGorilla Trekking: Uganda vs. Rwanda - Which Primate Paradise Beckons?———————————————We are The Bucket List Company. Welcome to our Podcast, where wanderlust and inspiration meet practical tips and information for all of the top adventure travel destinations around the world.FOLLOW US:Instagram: https://instagram.com/the_bucketlist_coFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/bucketlistcompanyOfficial Website: https://thebucketlistcompany.co.uk/———————————————#bucketlisttravel #adventuretravel #travelbucketlist #bucketlisters

Let's talk about hormones. Hormones are so much more than time packages that influence the major events in our lives. We are still learning about some of these major events though in ourselves and other animals. Just a few months again scientists confirmed that chimpanzees go through menopause Here is the NY Times article about the discovery. I was also keen to see the study on chimpanzees since it was research conducted in Kibale National Park in Uganda. Now I want to know if mountain gorillas go through menopause, I have been to Kibale many times and have followed research by John Mitani, David Watts, and Richard Wrangham for quite a long time. Here is a link to the original research article. In this episode I mention a video I made with a friend and colleague called “Rejecting the Biological Binary". You can check that out here on my Youtube channel Wild Connection TV This week's guest is Randi Hutter Epstein, MD. Shes a writer in residence at Yale School of Medicine and teaches both at Yale University and Columbia's School of Journalism. Today, she is filling us in on all the weird and wonderful things that hormones control by talking about her book Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything. They even, well, make you you, mostly, kind of. If you want to get your copy of Aroused and Randi's other book check out her website: http://randihutterepstein.com/ And if you want to keep up with Randi follow her on  Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn If you are digging the show subscribe and share it so others can enjoy it too. You can follow the show on Itunes, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Also follow the show on Twitter: @WildConnectPod You can also follow me on  Twitter: @realdrjen Instagram: @readrjen Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RealDrJen YouTube: Wild Connection TV

‘When I arrived at Ngogo, it didn't take me long to figure out this place was unusual.' For the second installment of our Making of Chimp Empire Series, we were privileged to have the esteemed Professor John Mitani as a guest on Talking Apes. John shared intimate stories about his extraordinary lifetime of work studying the Ngogo chimpanzees and his latest adventure serving as a scientific adviser to the team of filmmakers working on the  hit Netflix docuseries. ‘The Ngogo chimps have been filmed many times by many people - but nothing like this.'During our chat, John spoke passionately about his deep connection with the Ngogo chimps owed to his decades-spanning research efforts. His extensive knowledge and expertise in the field of primatology added a profound layer of understanding to the documentary series. As the scientific adviser to the filmmakers, he played a pivotal role in ensuring accuracy and authenticity in the portrayal of chimpanzee behavior and social dynamics.One remarkable aspect of Professor Mitani's relationship with the director, James Reed, was their blossoming friendship. Through their shared passion for chimpanzees, a bond was formed that transcended the boundaries of their respective disciplines. James recognized the importance of including the scientific community in the filmmaking process and, in doing so, granted Professor Mitani unprecedented levels of creative access. This collaboration between a scientist and a filmmaker brought a unique perspective to Chimp Empire, combining scientific rigor with compelling storytelling. ‘The chimps accept our presence. I have a hard time wrapping my head around why, but I'm grateful for it.' By granting Professor Mitani a significant role in the making of Chimp Empire, James elevated the documentary series beyond a mere visual spectacle. The integration of scientific expertise added depth and credibility to the project, ensuring that the behaviors and social dynamics of the Ngogo chimpanzees were accurately portrayed. John told us that this level of collaboration between scientists and filmmakers at Ngogo is not commonplace, making Chimp Empire a truly exceptional exploration of chimp life. John will be joining us again on Season 3 of Talking Apes Podcast to talk about his astounding career studying chimpanzee society with the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project. Coming Autumn 2023. Click HERE to read more about how the chimps are doing NOW, which was put together with John's help. Click HERE to watch a short behind-the-scenes video of Chimp Empire featuring John.This podcast contains spoilers and we recommend that listeners watch the series on Netflix before listening. Netflix theme, and ChimpSupport the showTalking Apes is an initiative of the nonprofit GLOBIO. Official website: talkingapes.orgInstagram: @talkingapes_podcastTwitter: @talking_apes Click here to support the show.

Charles and Jon chat with Harriet Kemigisha - founder of Harrier Tours - from her home in western Uganda. Harriet talks about a life that has taken her from a young village girl exploring the forest with her grandfather on hunting trips, to the founder of a successful wildlife tour company. She recounts her rediscovery of the Green-breasted Pitta in Kibale National Park when she was a ranger in 2005. And she describes how she figured out a strategy to see an African Golden Cat, one of Africa's most secretive and sought-after animals, with the help of her grandfather's friend Kaheru, a man she once arrested.Here is the YouTube trailer.For more information visit www.mammalwatching.com/podcastNotes: there are several recent reports of successful mammalwatching trips across Uganda with Harrier Tours on mammalwatching.com including this one from Alex and Tomer (podcast S1E13 aka The Hard Boys) and this one from Jon Hall.Cover art: Harriet, Jens Hauser. The camera trap footage in the Youtube video is courtesy of Wise Birding Holidays.Dr Charles Foley is a mammalwatcher and biologist who, together with his wife Lara, spent 30 years studying elephants in Tanzania. They now run the Tanzania Conservation Research Program at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.Jon Hall set up mammalwatching.com in 2005. Genetically Welsh, spiritually Australian, currently in New York City. He has looked for mammals in over 100 countries.

We've talked about visiting the Masai Mara in Kenya as well as gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, going on safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park, and even chimp trekking in Kibale National Park in Uganda. Now we're giving you our full itinerary to plan it for yourself!  In this podcast episode, we're talking about our 2 week Uganda and Kenya itinerary.

Uganda is famous for its mountain gorillas, but there is more to experience when it comes to wildlife in this country! In this podcast episode, we're talking about visiting the Primate Capital of the World: Kibale National Park for chimp trekking in Uganda. We'll talk about what to wear, the best time to visit, what to expect, and more!

GIFs (animated images) can be a simple and fun way to communicate via text and are increasingly popular. Yet, while a GIF of an ape wearing overalls may seem cute, the animal pictured is often subjected to abuse in the process. All species and subspecies of great apes are endangered or critically endangered. Experts say that GIFs depicting these apes in unnatural situations can also perpetuate the myth that they make good pets which fuels international wildlife trade of these endangered animals.  While campaigners have been successful in coercing some stock photo agencies to stop providing images of apes in unnatural situations, many popular GIF sites still don't have policies against these images. This episode features the popular article, "Think that GIF of the smoking chimp was funny? The chimp wasn't laughing," by Tina Deines: https://news.mongabay.com/2021/11/think-that-gif-of-the-smoking-chimp-is-funny-the-chimp-wasnt-laughing/ Please invite your friends to subscribe to the Mongabay Newscast wherever they get podcasts, or download our free app in the Apple App Store or in the Google Store to have access to our latest episodes at your fingertips. If you enjoy this series, please visit www.patreon.com/mongabay to pledge a dollar or more to keep the show growing, Mongabay is a nonprofit media outlet and all support helps! See all our latest news from nature's frontline at Mongabay's homepage: news.mongabay.com or find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by searching for @mongabay. Photo Credit: Adult female and infant wild chimpanzee feeding on figs in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Image by Alain Houle via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Dr. Joanna Lambert is Professor, Environmental Studies Program in the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department at the University of Colorado. She talks with us today about her work with primates in Uganda. In addition to her teaching and research roles, Joanna Lambert has served as an advisor to the United Nations Environment Programme and other organizations. She is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a Fellow of the Linnaean Society of London. Joanna has held numerous editorial positions for journals such as Oecologia, the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and Integrative Zoology, and previously served an appointment as the Director of the National Science Foundation’s Biological Anthropology program. Joanna travels annually to Uganda to the Kibale National Park where she is director of the Kibale Primates & Plants ProjectAudio PlayerSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25149153)

In this episode of The Wildlife Photography Podcast: - Photographing Chimpanzees In Uganda's Kibale National Park * * * My name is Gerry van der Walt and I am a specialist photographic safari guide, educator, public speaker and co-founder of Wild Eye. Through Wild Eye I have created a vehicle which merges the raw beauty of traveling in some of the worlds most spectacular wilderness areas with the ability to not only capture these moments on camera but also teaching and inspiring people along the way. I look forward to changing the way you see the world! * * * Links and Social Media: Wild Eye: www.wild-eye.co.za/ Website: www.gerryvanderwalt.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/gerryvdwalt/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/gerryvanderwalt/ Snapchat: www.snapchat.com/add/gerryvanderwalt/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/gerryvanderwalt/

On this week's episode of I, Dave speaks with Richard Wrangham, a British primatologist. Wrangham is co-director of the Kibale Chimpanzee Project, the long-term study of the Kanyawara chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, Uganda. He is known predominantly for his work in the ecology of primate social systems, the evolutionary history of human aggression (culminating in his book with Dale Peterson, Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence), and most recently his research in cooking (summarized in his book, Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human) and self-domestication. Wrangham's latest work focuses on the role cooking has played in human evolution. He has argued that cooking food is obligatory for humans as a result of biological adaptations and that cooking, in particular the consumption of cooked tubers, might explain the increase in hominid brain sizes, smaller teeth and jaws, and decrease in sexual dimorphism that occurred roughly 1.8 million years ago.

Canada Research Chair in Primate Ecology and Conservation, Dr. Colin Chapman, joins us in the studio to talk about 26 years of work in and around Kibale National Park, Uganda. "People always expect me to have a nice kind of plan ... like I had it all...

Canada Research Chair in Primate Ecology and Conservation, Dr. Colin Chapman, joins us in the studio to talk about 26 years of work in and around Kibale National Park, Uganda. "People always expect me to have a nice kind of plan ... like I had it all...

Canada Research Chair in Primate Ecology and Conservation, Dr. Colin Chapman, joins us in the studio to talk about 26 years of work in and around Kibale National Park, Uganda. "People always expect me to have a nice kind of plan ... like I had it all...

Emily Otali is a primatologist from Uganda. She's been told that she's the first black African woman to earn a PhD in the subject. On an early field trip she broke the rules and made direct eye-contact with a female chimpanzee, but that was the moment she 'fell in love' and found her vocation. Emily's job now is to observe a community of chimpanzees in Uganda's Kibale National Park and study their behaviour from dawn to sunset, and from birth until death. She says there's a deeper purpose to the work:- "we also study them to understand ourselves: where we have come from and where we're going in the future." Emily gave up her social life in Kampala for a comparatively lonely, but beautiful, forest life. She's also living apart from one of her children who is at school in the city. Despite some initial misgivings her parents and family now support her career choice and she tells others to be sure to choose a job they love because "if you don't like it, you'll never be happy." Lone Nielsen left behind a 10-year career as an air hostess and turned her habit of volunteering at a research project for orangutans in Borneo into her life's work. Lone is the founder of Nyaru Menteng Rescue Centre which now looks after around 600 orangutans who've been orphaned, displaced or mistreated. The aim of the Centre is to 'educate' the apes so they can return to the wild and start a new population. She describes how, for eight years, her own house on the Indonesian island was home to between 6 and 36 orphaned baby orangutans who needed through-the-night care either needing milk, their diapers changed, or comfort if their nightmares woke them. She says: "I became the substitute mother and I didn't get a lot of sleep at the time." In her time working with orangutans Lone says she's observed gender traits in their behaviour which are so similar to humans, "it's scary." She says male apes often "take the easy way out" and are less industrious than the females. Lone also talks about "the kindest soul I've ever met" - an orangutan called Alma whose death she describes as the hardest thing that ever happened to her. Presenter: Kim Chakanetsa Picture: Emily Otali with a chimpanzee (Left) Credit: Pamela Otali; and Lone Nielsen with an orangutan ((Right). BPI Björn Vaugn / Save the Orangutan

Despite increasing loss and degradation of tropical rainforest, conservationists frequently overlook the ability of disturbed forest to conserve biodiversity. Restoring degraded forest requires understanding how land-use history and subsequent management affects forest succession and regrowth. The purpose of this study was to evaluate long-term forest dynamics in Kibale National Park, Uganda to 1) examine patterns in forest change and 2) evaluate how regenerating forest can provide food for five primate species. We used data collected for up to 39 years on tree species and size in four unlogged sites and eight degraded sites regenerating after burning, farming, logging, or reforesting with native or exotic trees. We calculated changes in tree species diversity and structure within and between sites and over time, using statistical clustering to identify similarities. We used existing relationships between tree size and the abundance of leaves and fruit to calculate to what degree forests with different land use histories can feed provide food for primates. Lightly logged forest had more similar species diversity and structure to unlogged forest than burned, farmed, heavily logged, or reforested sites. Surprisingly, some regenerating forest can support substantial primate populations: at present sites excluded from fire for 17 years provide more primate food than those replanted with native trees 15 years ago. Forty years after harvest, lightly logged forest provides equal food to unlogged forest while heavily logged forest does not. Taken together, our results indicate that land managers can use a variety of passive and active strategies to direct succession in degraded tropical forest and accelerate restoration. The foresight to plant food trees will be particularly important to conserve target or endangered animal populations.

The Kanyawara chimpanzees of Kibale National Park have been studied for 25 years, during which researchers have acquired a unique, 14-year longitudinal sample of hormonal data. Dr. Muller will draw on these data to discuss the role that testosterone plays in supporting male mating effort, the energetic costs of male-male competition, and the impacts of such competition on females.

The Kanyawara chimpanzees of Kibale National Park have been studied for 25 years, during which researchers have acquired a unique, 14-year longitudinal sample of hormonal data. Dr. Muller will draw on these data to discuss the role that testosterone plays in supporting male mating effort, the energetic costs of male-male competition, and the impacts of such competition on females.

University of Michigan Professor of Anthropology John Mitani talks about “Cooperation among Wild Chimpanzees” during a Sept. 19, 2011 colloquium at the University of New Mexico. He is introduced by Assist. Professor of Anthropology at UNM, Martin Muller. Mitani does extensive field research and is currently working at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda with a large group of chimpanzees. He is interested in cooperation among male chimpanzees and shares his observations in this talk.