A day in the field at Gombe
Follow Leakey Foundation grantees Sims Patton and Abigail McClain through a day in the field as they study chimpanzees at Gombe National Park, Tanzania.
Lost howlers of the Tatacoa
A new study of a pair of 13-million-year-old fossil jaws sheds new light on how howler monkeys became one of South America’s most successful primates.
Grantee Spotlight: Alexandra Kralick
Alexandra Kralick's research connects skeletal biology with behavior, helping us understand sex-linked variation in primates.
Grantee Spotlight: Penina Kadalida
Penina Kadalida is a Leakey Foundation Baldwin Fellow whose research will help us better understand the biology of aging and how evolutionary history still shapes our lives today.
Mushrooms may have been part of early human diets: primate study explores who eats what and when
A recent study from the Issa Valley in western Tanzania highlights a surprising, and potentially crucial, role for fungi in primate diets.