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Send us Fan Mail The PrimateCast interviews Dr. Ralph Adolphs about emotion, the social brain, and the approaches he and his lab are using to understand these phenomena. Dr. Ralph Adolphs is Bren Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Professor of Biology at the California Institute of Technology. The Adolphs Lab researches various topics related to emotion and social decision making in norm...

Send us Fan Mail Ellensburg, Washington – The Valley of the Wild Monkeys, China – and Kyoto University. How are they all connected? In this episode, we chat with Drs Lori Sheeran and Steve Wagner of Central Washington University after their talks at the 5th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science . This year’s symposium was held right here in Inuyama, and PWS students had the c...

Send us Fan Mail by Cecile Sarabian On this first episode from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), great ape conservationist Jef Dupain shares his vision and missions as the Technical Director for Central and Western Africa of the African Wildlife Foundation ( AWF ) based in Nairobi, Kenya. " AWF looks at sustainability ecologically, economically and socially " Jef Dupain started...

Send us Fan Mail American primatologist Dr. Michael Huffman , a mainstay of Japanese primatology for over 30 years, waxes (but never wanes) philosophically on life and work with us on The PrimateCast . " When I grow up I'm going to Africa to live with chimpanzees " Michael Huffman is Associate Professor in the Section of Social Systems Evolution, Department of Ecology and Social Beh...

Send us Fan Mail South Korean behavioral ecologist, science educator, biodiversity conservationist and best-selling author Dr. Jae Chun Choe joins us on The PrimateCast to talk about his role in the development of evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology in Korea. Cecile Sarabian of Conservation Voices and Kyoto University Primate Research Institute graduate student Heungjin Ryu , also from Sou...

Send us Fan Mail by Cecile Sarabian March 2016 – Inuyama, Japan. Raymond Lumbuenamo gave a talk at the 5th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science on habitat fragmentation and effective community involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo. " Conservation without livelihoods is conversation " Raymond Lumbuenamo is a conservationist, an economist and an expert in r...

Send us Fan Mail Canada Research Chair in Primate Ecology and Conservation, Dr. Colin Chapman, joins us in the studio to talk about 26 years of work in and around Kibale National Park, Uganda. " People always expect me to have a nice kind of plan ... like I had it all lined up, but the reality is ... " 26 years of directing primate research and conservation activities confers a lot of pe...

Send us Fan Mail by Cecile Sarabian In January 2016, Luc Mathot , wildlife law enforcement activist and director and founder of Conservation Justice, received me at his apartment in Libreville, Gabon for an interview. Luc’s work on wildlife management started in the Central African rainforests of Gabon, Cameroon and Congo. Then, Luc became the manager of the Lesio-Louna project (“Projet Protection...

Send us Fan Mail Hello everyone and welcome back to The PrimateCast ! Really excited to welcome back to the podcast our very own Dr. Chris Martin. Chris is currently Research Scientist at Indianapolis Zoo where he runs cognitive tasks on touch panels with orangutans to advance both science and public understanding of animal behavior, cognition and conservation, but he's back in Inuyama tempor...

Send us Fan Mail by Cecile Sarabian After a 2-hour boat trip on Lake Victoria, across the Equator, I arrived at Ngamba Island, a chimpanzee haven in Uganda. Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary currently hosts 48 chimpanzees, all rescued from illegal ownership and/or orphaned by hunting activities in Uganda or neighboring countries. Lilly Ajarova is the executive director of The Chimpanzee Trust, an...

Send us Fan Mail An Earth Day special with a visiting high school intern The PrimateCast had a rare opportunity this week to enlist a 16 year old high school student intern to produce a podcast of her very own. We are now proud to present to you Nina's Passion , a rough guide to finding your passion. Nina Negi on finding her passion Nina writes, " I couldn’t believe it when Andrew MacInt...

Send us Fan Mail The third edition of our SCCS coverage from around the world From March 24-26, 2015, the 16th edition of the Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) Cambridge, was hosted by the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. Since the very first conference held in 2000, this student-based conference has become a model to be replicated in other parts of the world (see Th...

Send us Fan Mail By Cecile Sarabian Conkouati-douli National Park, Republic of the Congo – Summer 2010. I was volunteering with HELP Congo , a program rescuing and reintroducing chimpanzees into the wild - “ The only sanctuary in Africa that has no fences ”.  Repeatedly during my stay, I heard the name of“Naf”(for Naftali). He was apparently a previous camp manager who had contributed a lot to the...

Send us Fan Mail In the cold Winter, The PrimateCast journeyed to warm up in Australia and to cover the second Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) Australia.  SCCS Australia was hosted by the University of Queensland in Brisbane between January 19 and 29, 2015. If you've ever wondered what Conservation Science looks like in Papua New Guinea, Australia, China, or Columbia, read o...

Send us Fan Mail Join us on The PrimateCast as we cover the 5th Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) Bangalore – India. The PrimateCast crossed a new border by rolling out its mobile podcasting unit to cover the meetings of the SCCS held between September 25-28, 2014, at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. This year’s conference was a great success and gathered hundreds...

Send us Fan Mail Join us on The PrimateCast as we cover the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society. The PrimateCast rolled out its mobile podcasting unit once again to cover the meetings of the International Primatological Society held between August 11-16, 2014. The theme of this year's congress , which was held at the Melia Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, was ' meeting the...

Send us Fan Mail Join us on The PrimateCast as we cover the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society. The PrimateCast rolled out its mobile podcasting unit once again to cover the meetings of the International Primatological Society held between August 11-16, 2014. The theme of this year's congress , which was held at the Melia Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, was ' meeting the...

Send us Fan Mail Join us on The PrimateCast as we cover the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society. The PrimateCast rolled out its mobile podcasting unit once again to cover the meetings of the International Primatological Society held between August 11-16, 2014. The theme of this year's congress , which was held at the Melia Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, was ' meeting the...

Send us Fan Mail The PrimateCast rolled out its mobile podcasting unit once again to cover the meetings of the International Primatological Society held between August 11-16, 2014. The theme of this year's congress , which was held at the Melia Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, was ' meeting the challenges of conserving primate diversity '. The PrimateCast On Location at IPS 2014 In the firs...

Send us Fan Mail Join us on The PrimateCast as we cover the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society. The PrimateCast rolled out its mobile podcasting unit once again to cover the meetings of the International Primatological Society held between August 11-16, 2014. The theme of this year's congress , which was held at the Melia Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, was ' meeting the...

Send us Fan Mail Join us on The PrimateCast as we cover the 74th annual congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology. The PrimateCast rolled out its mobile podcasting unit once again to cover the annual meetings of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology between July 19-21, 2014. The society's aims are to support a better understanding of human nature, particularly in the realm of cogn...

Send us Fan Mail Join us on The PrimateCast as we cover the 74th annual congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology. The PrimateCast rolled out its mobile podcasting unit once again to cover the annual meetings of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology between July 19-21, 2014. The society's aims are to support a better understanding of human nature, particularly in the realm of cogn...

Send us Fan Mail Join us on The PrimateCast as we cover the 74th annual congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology. The PrimateCast rolled out its mobile podcasting unit once again to cover the annual meetings of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology between July 19-21, 2014. The society's aims are to support a better understanding of human nature, particularly in the realm of cogn...

Send us Fan Mail Join us on The PrimateCast as we cover the 74th annual congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology. The PrimateCast rolled out its mobile podcasting unit once again to cover the annual meetings of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology between July 19-21, 2014. The society's aims are to support a better understanding of human nature, particularly in the realm of cogn...

Send us Fan Mail Join us on The PrimateCast as we cover the 74th annual congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology. The PrimateCast rolled out its mobile podcasting unit once again to cover the annual meetings of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology between July 19-21, 2014. The society's aims are to support a better understanding of human nature, particularly in the realm of cogn...