News and Links… Funny, funny apes 2 Jul 2018 Following up from my appearance on Planet Watch Radio, LM asked "What is bonobo's capacity for humor and what function does that serve?" A brief (and admittedly unsatisfying) answer on…
education… Saving What Matters: Taking Sustainability Personally 20 Sep 201520 Sep 2015 I was asked to deliver a talk to the School of Arts, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University last week. As I was preparing, I recorded a rehearsal version…
disasters… Leuser Under Threat Again 14 Sep 2015 And yet another sad but important recent article related to my upcoming talk, this time on the Leuser Ecosystem (where I studied orangutans at Suaq Balimbing and Ketambe research sites in…
justice… The Curse of Coltan 13 Sep 201513 Sep 2015 Planning another of those difficult talks about primate conservation, and came across this summary of the link to coltan mining in the DRC.
disasters… Latest article on the Palm Oil threat to the Leuser Ecosystem 23 Jul 2015 A recent summary of the current challenges facing Leuser, where I went 16 years ago to study orangutans, then watched their home being desecrated by the relentless chainsaws. "Right now, huge swaths…
climate… Vernal Thoughts 24 Mar 2015 Four quick thoughts on events that come around this time of year... 1. Solar zenith in Singapore and what the Equinox is all about At 1:11 PM Singapore time, the…
education… Conservation Drones? 4 Sep 20148 Sep 2014 When I was slogging through the swamps and slipping down the mud-slicked trails of Sumatra, following orangutans, I often daydreamed about how the right tech would make the job so…
climate… News from Indonesia’s Forests 14 Aug 201414 Aug 2014 Visiting Mongabay.com/Mongabay.org is always an emotional roller-coaster. The reporting is great, and what they have to say is... often not so great. The latest news out of Indonesia (especially Sumatra) is…
disasters… Depleted forests force Borneo Orangutans to nest in oil palm estates 30 Jun 2014 Our furry orange friends are just trying to find a place to sleep for the night... they've had to go from secure and cozy places where they could make a nice bed…
primates Published today in Science Creative Quarterly 24 Oct 2013 My Great Ape Haikus were published today in the lovely and amazing SCQ. Check it out!
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 