Fongoli Chimp

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Fongoli ChimpIn Senegal, the recent discovery of a group of woodland chimps sharpening sticks and using them like spears to hunt is rocking the primatology world. First reported by National Geographic Emerging Explorer Jill Pruetz, these savanna dwelling chimps, named the Fongoli group, may provide the most unique insight yet into the study of evolution, early hominids and our earliest ancestors.

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Fongoli Chimp
Posted: 2008-11-21 08:37:47
In Senegal, the recent discovery of a group of woodland chimps sharpening sticks and using them like spears to hunt is rocking the primatology world. [more...]

In Senegal, the recent discovery of a group of woodland chimps sharpening sticks and using them like spears to hunt is rocking the primatology world. First reported by National Geographic Emerging Explorer Jill Pruetz, these savanna dwelling chimps, named the Fongoli group, may provide the most unique insight yet into the study of evolution, early hominids and our earliest ancestors.
Joseph Lekuton
Posted: 2008-11-14 10:25:05
For many African boys, becoming a man is part of a very special, and in some cases painful, rite of passage. Wild Chronicles gains inside access to th [more...]

For many African boys, becoming a man is part of a very special, and in some cases painful, rite of passage. Wild Chronicles gains inside access to the manhood ceremony of Kenya’s Samburu tribe, a rarely seen ritual that happens about once every 14 years.
Elephant Rehab
Posted: 2008-11-07 08:55:16
Seen as a valuable commodity in the logging and tourist industries of Thailand, Asian elephants are often bought and sold by traders and then subjecte [more...]

Seen as a valuable commodity in the logging and tourist industries of Thailand, Asian elephants are often bought and sold by traders and then subjected to brutal training methods. The demand for young calves has led to poaching from the tiny wild population that remains. Wild Chronicles visits a sanctuary for troubled and abused elephants and meets the dedicated conservationists intent on rescuing and protecting these beleaguered giants.
Playpumps
Posted: 2008-11-03 13:53:47
Canada’s boreal forest, one of the largest intact forests on Earth, is the nesting ground for nearly 300 different species of birds, but the health of [more...]

Canada’s boreal forest, one of the largest intact forests on Earth, is the nesting ground for nearly 300 different species of birds, but the health of the forest is under threat. With only eight percent of the boreal designated as protected land, Wild Chronicles and the Pew Environment Group search for a big picture solution that will keep the boreal forest for the birds.