Monthly Archives: October 2014

10.16.14

Stress in wild female Assamese macaques

Research Report
Julia Ostner University of Göttingen Researchers have been performing daily focal observations and fecal sampling on this study group of habituated Assamese macaques in Thailand’s Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary since October 2006.  For her investigation of ecological, social and reproductive stress in female macaques, Julia Ostner used data collected between September 2007 and February 2009. This… more »
10.02.14

Irven DeVore: 1934-2014

The Leakey Foundation
Irven DeVore. Photo from The Leakey Foundation Archive The world is made less joyful with the recent passing of Dr. Irven DeVore. He passed away on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 from heart failure. Irv joined The Leakey Foundation as a Trustee in 1974 and served until 1978. He became Co-Chair of the Scientific Executive Committee in 1980 and was later honored with the title of SEC Emeritus, joining his colleagues… more »
10.01.14

Research Report: The function(s) of a long-distance signal: the orangutan long call

Research Report
Brigitte Spillmann, PhD Candidate Anthropological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich Photo:  Mure Wipfli Brigitte Spillmann was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in spring 2010 for her PhD project focusing on the functions of the long call, the long distance signal of the flanged male orangutan. Long distance signaling in widely dispersed, semi-solitary species is often used to … more »