Grantee Spotlight: Ariel N. Barrera
Ariel N. Barrera is a PhD candidate and Leakey Foundation grantee exploring when and how our modern facial anatomy took shape.
Bornean orangutan fire emergency
An active fire crisis is threatening critical wild orangutan habitat across West Kalimantan.
Ancient teeth reveal the Ice Age origins of the world’s 4th most common addictive drug
Adam Brumm, Griffith University; Carney D. Matheson, Griffith University; Fakhri, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN); Melandri Vlok, Charles Sturt University, and Roger Papke, University of Florida Humans everywhere use mind-altering substances, from stimulants and narcotics to hallucinogens. Yet surprisingly little is known about how some psychoactive drugs were first discovered and incorporated into daily life. In a study published<br>
Grantee Spotlight: Florence Aghomo
Florence Aghomo is a Baldwin Fellow and PhD candidate from Cameroon who studies endangered lemurs in Madagascar. Her work will help answer questions critical for their conservation and survival.
Protecting 30 Years of Discovery: How Leakey Foundation Support Kept Orangutan Research Alive
When an unexpected funding crisis threatened one of the world's longest-running studies of wild orangutans, The Leakey Foundation stepped in.