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Where to See Tree-Climbing Lions in Uganda

Where to See Tree-Climbing Lions in Uganda

Where to see Lions Climbing Trees in Uganda Uganda is the most famous place in Africa to see tree climbing lions in the wild. The most famous location is the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth… 

Discover how Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall's great ape research connects with gorilla trekking in Bwindi and chimpanzee trekking in Uganda.

Dian Fossey, Jane Goodall & Uganda’s Great Apes

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Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall changed the way the world understands great apes while Fossey became famous for her long-term research on mountain gorillas in Rwanda, Goodall transformed scientific knowledge about chimpanzees in Tanzania. Although… 

Trimates Conservation Legacy

What Is the Legacy of the Three Trimates in Great Ape Conservation?

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The Three Trimates — Dian Fossey, Jane Goodall and Biruté Galdikas — changed the way the world understands and protects great apes, their long-term field research revealed complex social behavior, communication, intelligence, and individual personalities… 

What Did She Learn About Chimpanzees?

What Did Jane Goodall Discover About Chimpanzees?

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Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research changed the way scientists understand chimpanzee behavior, intelligence, communication, and social relationships. Beginning her field research at Gombe in Tanzania in 1960, Goodall spent decades observing wild chimpanzees and documenting behaviors… 

Dian Fossey Gorilla Research

What Did Dian Fossey Discover About Mountain Gorillas?

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Dian Fossey’s gorilla research changed how the world understood mountain gorillas. Through years of observing individual gorillas in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda, Fossey documented their social relationships, communication, family groups, feeding habits, movements, and… 

Louis Leakey and the Three Trimates: Fossey, Goodall & Galdikas

What Did Louis Leakey Teach the Three Trimates?

Louis Leakey played an important role in the careers of three pioneering primatologists: Dian Fossey, Jane Goodall, and Biruté Galdikas. Known together as the Three Trimates, the three women became closely associated with long-term field… 

Dian Fossey vs Jane Goodall

Dian Fossey vs Jane Goodall: Gorillas vs Chimpanzees

Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall are two of the most recognized names in modern great ape research,both spent years studying wild primates in Africa, both were supported by renowned paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey and both helped…