The Leakey Foundation

10.28.19

Grantee Spotlight: Kelly Ostrofsky

Leakey Foundation grantee Kelly Ostrofsky studies how wild apes move and climb in their natural habitats. As our closest living relatives, these apes provide an important comparative context for understanding how our ancestors may have moved and climbed.

08.06.19

From the Field: Stephanie Musgrave, Goualougo Triangle, Republic of the Congo

From the Field

Leakey Foundation grantee Stephanie Musgrave has been in the field with the Goualougo Triangle Ape Project in the Republic of the Congo where she studies how the chimpanzees there make and use tools to gather termites and other resources such as ants, honey, seeds, and marrow.

06.03.19

Social Insecurity Stresses Chimpanzees

Journal Article

New research funded in part by The Leakey Foundation shows that male chimpanzees adjust their competitive behaviors when social relationships in their group are unstable.

05.10.19

National Parks Could Save Endangered Species

Journal Article, In the News

Research led by Leakey Foundation grantee Stacy Lindshield shows how protected areas like national parks are effectively preserving many mammal species in Senegal.

04.10.19

Grantee Spotlight: Benjamin Finkel

Grantee Spotlight

A lot of our understanding of aging comes from studying human societies, which share food extensively and care for the elderly, things that wild apes don’t do. So what does it mean to be an aging ape in the wild, who has to fend and forage for themselves?

Archives for chimpanzees

Grantee Spotlight: Kelly Ostrofsky

From the Field: Stephanie Musgrave, Goualougo Triangle, Republic of the Congo

Social Insecurity Stresses Chimpanzees

National Parks Could Save Endangered Species

Grantee Spotlight: Benjamin Finkel