Media & Outreach

• Ancient Earth Documentary Series- Episode #5 'Humans'. PBS NOVA (November 1, 2023) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/ancient-earth-humans/ 

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• Chimps create 'rock music' by throwing stones at trees. Science Magazine (December 17, 2019). https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/chimps-create-rock-music-throwing-stones-trees

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• Scientists left camera traps to record wild apes-watch what happens. Cell Press (March 14, 2019). https://phys.org/news/2019-03-scientists-left-camera-wild-apeswatch.html

• Chimpanzees are going through a tragic loss. The Atlantic (March 7, 2019). https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/we-are-destroying-chimpanzee-cultures/584146/

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• Human encroachment threatens chimpanzee culture. Science News (March 7, 2019). https://www.sciencenews.org/article/human-encroachment-threatens-chimpanzee-culture

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• How humans are changing chimpanzee behaviour. BBC World Service (March 7, 2019). https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswmqv

• Chimpanzees develop distinct local cultures, and we’re destroying them. The Washington Post (March 7, 2019). https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/03/07/chimpanzees-develop-distinct-local-cultures-were-destroying-them/?utm_term=.503778194538

• Schimpansen: Kommunikation ohne Worte (Chimpanzees: communication without words). Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (October 16, 2018). https://www.mdr.de/wissen/video-schimpansen-reden-ohne-worte100_zc-b1d0fd3e_zs-64b8d9c9.html

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• Why do chimps throw stones at trees? Quirks & Quarks, CBC Radio (March 26, 2016). http://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/quirks-quarks-for-mar-26-2016-1.3506058/why-do-chimps-throw-stones-at-trees-1.3506116

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• Mit Mikrofonen den Affen auf der Spur (Tracking monkeys with microphones). Deutschlandradio Kultur (March 10, 2016). http://www.deutschlandradiokultur.de/forschung-im-regenwald-mit-mikrofonen-den-affen-auf-der-spur.976.de.html?dram%3Aarticle_id=348036

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• Ritualized behavior? Chimps all throw rocks at the same tree. Ars Technica (March 3, 2016). https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/03/ritualized-behavior-chimps-all-throw-rocks-at-the-same-tree/

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• Chimps ‘talk’ about their favorite foods. Discovery News, (January 19, 2015). http://news.discovery.com/animals/chimps-talk-about-their-favorite-foods-trees-150119.htm

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• Gorilla mums keep family in check. BBC Earth News, (May 8, 2009). http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8027000/8027622.stm

Chimp&See

I am a scientific moderator at Chimp&See, a Zooniverse citizen science project of the Pan African Project where we enlist the help of citizen scientists all over the world to identify species and more from thousands of camera-trap videos. I personally manage two mini-projects on the platform (‘Animal Selfies’ & 'Leopard IDs') as well as answer questions from citizen scientists, write blog posts and participate in real-time Q&As hosted on the platform.

Popular Science Writing

• Loss of chimpanzee behavioural and cultural diversity amid increasing human disturbance (2019) Article for Science Breaker  (https://thesciencebreaker.org/breaks/evolution-behaviour/humans-impact-on-the-behavior-and-cultural-diversity-of-chimpanzees)

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• Progress and future directions for passive acoustic monitoring: listening out for new conservation opportunities. (2016) Invited blog post for Methods in Ecology and Evolution (https://methodsblog.wordpress.com/tag/pam/?iframe=true&preview=true)

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• Passive acoustic monitoring: Listening out for new opportunities. (2016) Invited article for WildLabs.net (https://www.wildlabs.net/resources/case-studies/passive-acoustic-monitoring-listening-out-new-conservation-opportunities)