Rwanda's primate-rich forests now a national park
One of the world's great centers of primate diversity is now a national park, created in one of Africa's smallest and most densely populated nations. With the help of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the government of Rwanda has recently established Nyungwe National Park, a rich landscape that contains 13 different types of primate, along with 260 bird species, and more than 260 species o...Rutgers anthropologist, Fossey Fund official, announces plan to save Rwanda's mountain gorillas
NEW BRUNSWICK/PISCATAWAY, N.J. Rutgers anthropology Professor H. Dieter Steklis, chief scientist and vice president of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, has announced the fund's action plan to halt a recent poaching spree that has left six mountain gorillas dead, one infant in temporary captivity and several others missing in Rwanda....... Immediate preparations are being made to re-es...Hermaphrodite fish are on the rise, thanks to the birth control pill and other natural and unnatural forms of estrogen that have made their way into the water. Feminized fish were first found downstream from sewage plants in the United Kingdom.... ..."Closer to home, we have observed intersex White Perch in various locations in the Great Lakes, " explained Chris Metcalfe, professor of Environment.... . A partnership involving conservation organizations and universities on two . different continents is bringing new technology to bear on efforts to protect . the endangered mountain gorillas popularized by the movie "Gorillas in the . Mist." The effort will put remote sensing technology into the hands of field . scientists and trackers working to protect the gorillas, while h...