Bugoma Primate Conservation Project

Well hello there twitter! Pant-hoots and gobbles from the Bugoma Forest Reserve - we're a small field site working with local communities to conserve and study the chimpanzees and grey-cheeked mangabeys here in beautiful Bugoma #myfirstTweet

Friday night (somewhere) so settle in for a 🧵that combines fermented fruit, scrumping monkeys, etymology, Larson cartoons, & Gothic art to tackle the enduring mystery of why humans are so astoundingly good at metabolising alcohol! or try our new paper ;) doi.org/10.1093/biosci…

📣ATTENTION!!! Two PhD positions on Creativity in Wild Chimpanzees and Bonobos 🤩@snsf_ch @UZH_en @univofstandrews Come join @APE_Group_UZH & Wild Minds Lab @NakedPrimate ✨Please RT✨ @EFPrimatology @PsgbStudent @BiologicalAnth @IPS_PrimateNews @PrimateEducate

The IPS EDEI committee has put together Conference tips for first timers with lots of great guidance on how to navigate your 1st conference. Available in English, en Français, and en Español - please take a look and share them widely! Feedback welcome! internationalprimatologicalsociety.org/ips-conference…

We are delighted to announce that the Sebastian Ramirez Amaya Award for Fieldwork in Primatology has been awarded to Veronica Torres-Solorzano for her work on Energetic trade-offs between immunity & reproduction in mantled howler monkey females🐒 internationalprimatologicalsociety.org/sebastian-rami…

IPS is delighted to announce the Masters & Genin African Primatology Award has been given to Yeboah Bright for their project on Foraging and Risk Avoidance Behavior of Cercopithecus lowei in a Human-dominated Landscape at the Boabend-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary in Central Ghana 1/2

Charles Southwick Conservation Education Award nominations! Deadline May 21st! Know someone living in a primate habitat country that has made a significant contribution to formal & informal conservation education in their country? Please nominate them 1/2

🌿 Become a Field Site Manager for the Moyen Bafing Chimpanzee Project in Guinea! 🌿 We're seeking a dedicated individual to oversee operations and support research starting as early as April 2025. Be part of a team exploring chimpanzee behavioral ecology in the stunning PNMB!

🚨IMPORTANT CONGRESS INFO - DATE CHANGE to 20-25th July This week we were informed that the President of Madagascar has decided to host the SADC (Southern African Development Community) Summit in Madagascar at the same time we were planning to have the IPS Congress.

Send out the hooooots!! It’s Bulletin time! Check out the bumper new Bulletin with all the news of what your Officers and IPS grantees have been up to in 2024, and with updates on the Elections & 2025 Congress 🤓🐒 internationalprimatologicalsociety.org/ips-bulletins/

IPS AWARDS NOMINATIONS OPEN 🐒🚨 Know someone who has made a significant difference to primatology? We’re soliciting nominations for the Lifetime Achievement Award & Outstanding Achievement Award. Deadline Feb 10th. Full deets : tinyurl.com/IPSawards Any Qs please DM!

Looking for a way to wrap up the year on a high? Got a great idea & know a group of primate peeps who can talk about it? How about putting together a symposium for #IPSMadagascar #IPS2025! 🚨Deadline for outlines has been moved to 10th Jan! 🚨 ipsmadagascar.org/the-congress/r…

Social play is not only fun but also has important social functions in #chimpanzee societies, promoting bonding & collective cooperation! @CurrentBiology It is also a behavior that is really a pleasure to document Access it here authors.elsevier.com/a/1k8Me3QW8S6G…

Last minute team changes mean we have a position open at short notice. Starts mid-Jan, application deadline Nov 21, costs covered & small stipend. DM for any questions - it’ll be full-on algae fishing fun times!!! Pls RT

Happening: NARIS training still on in Hoima. The objective is to see how to improve data collection techniques & accuracy while collecting data with the use of mobile GIS applications specifically Avenza mapping and handheld GPS devices. Thank you @UNDPUganda for the support.

Congratulations to our Pre-Congress Training Program awardees!! 16 early career primatologists from 13 countries in Africa, Asia, & Central and South America will take part in this amazing week hosted @CentreValBio before attending #IPS2025 in Madagascar! #primate #conservation

🚨Paid research assistant position with savanna chimpanzees in the incredible #MoyenBafing. Come work with us and help us get to know this amazing landscape and wildlife! Deadline November 21, costs covered & small stipend. More details 👉 tinyurl.com/mbchimpjob

Hi #EntTwitter folk! Can anyone help ID this Ugandan #cicada species that just *loves* to play havoc with our sound recordings 😅 (photo, Budongo Forest, NW Uganda) 🙏RT #entomology #insect #noisybuggers #Uganda #wildlife

🙌🌎🥳 @IntJPrimatology Instructions for Authors now available in French, simplified Chinese, & Portuguese on IPS website: internationalprimatologicalsociety.org/internati.../ 1/3

EXCITING NEWS! We are accepting applications for a special funding round - Women in Fieldwork. If you identify as a woman conducting animal behaviour-related fieldwork, we welcome your application for one of four grants of £400 each. Deadline September 1st, 2024. ⬇️

Date limite 29 juillet ! Il ne reste plus que quelques jours pour postuler - merci de diffuser largement, ces ateliers sont une opportunité incroyable !