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Our guest in this installment of The PrimateCast and Conservation Voices is Dr. Anne Laudisoit, senior scientist at EcoHealth Alliance in New York City, who visited us at the Primate Research Institute last month between two field trips in eastern...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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Our guest in this installment of The PrimateCast is Dr. Valeria Romano, who shares with us a series of interviews she conducted with conservation scientists during a meeting on the “Strategic Planning for the Conservation of Golden Lion Tamarins” run by...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #56: Talking applied wildlife veterinary medicine at IPS 2016 with Dr. Chris Whittier
The PrimateCast rolled out its mobile podcasting unit to cover the joint meetings of the International Primatological Society and American Society for Primatologists held between August 21-27, 2016. Last year's congress was ...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast rolled out its mobile podcasting unit to cover the joint meetings of the International Primatological Society and American Society for Primatologists held between August 21-27, 2016. Last year's congress was ...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #54: Talking Comparative Evolution, Infectious Disease and ... Sleep with Dr. Charlie Nunn
The PrimateCast has rolled out its mobile podcasting unit once again, this time to cover the joint meetings of the International Primatological Society and American Society for Primatologists held between August 21-27, 2016. This year's...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast has rolled out its mobile podcasting unit once again, this time to cover the joint meetings of the International Primatological Society and American Society for Primatologists held between August 21-27, 2016. This year's...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #52: Conservation Voices from South Africa – Canned lion hunting with Dr. Andrew Venter
IUCN World Conservation Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii - September 2016: Conservation Voices correspondent Cecile Sarabian attended the screening of “Blood Lions”, a film portraying the lucrative and legal business of canned lion hunting in South Africa. The...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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Konichiwa! On September 24, 2016, a few dozen people gathered under a tent at Ueno Park in Tokyo for The Global March for Elephants and Rhinos – an event that took place in more than 130 cities around the world to raise awareness about poaching and the...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast has rolled out its mobile podcasting unit once again, this time to cover the joint meetings of the International Primatological Society and American Society for Primatologists held between August 21-27, 2016. This year's...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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Aloha! From September 1-10 2016, the IUCN World Conservation Congress – the world’s largest conservation event – was held at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. The PrimateCast switched its IPS/ASP T-shirt with a Hawaiian shirt and lei to ride the...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast has rolled out its mobile podcasting unit once again, this time to cover the joint meetings of the International Primatological Society and American Society for Primatologists held between August 21-27, 2016. This year's...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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Have you ever wondered whether tortoises yawn contagiously? Or what reptile memory might be like? Or even what impact reptile cognition may have on ecosystem processes? No? Well, Dr. Anna Wilkinson has, and she shares her thoughts with us on this episode...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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Our guest in this installment of The PrimateCast is Dr. Anna Nekaris, the world's foremost authority on one of the world's least known primates: the slow loris, or as she likes to call it, the Little Fireface."A venomous primate, that's ridiculous...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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On this first episode in 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,...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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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"...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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....By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #36: Conservation Voices - Lilly Ajarova & Titus Mukungu/Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary
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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #35: Nina's Passion - an Earth Day 2015 special about finding your passion for nature
An Earth Day special with a visiting high school internThe 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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The third edition of our SCCS coverage from around the worldFrom March 24-26, 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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #32:Conservation Voices - Our Coverage of the Student Conference on Conservation Science in Brisbane, Australia
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,...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #30: Part 1/2 from Our Coverage of the Student Conference on Conservation Science Bangalore
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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #29: Part 5/5 from Our Coverage of the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society in Hanoi, Vietnam (Social behavior and cognition theme: Cedric Sueur, Odile Petit, Nicolas ...
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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #28: Part 4/5 from Our Coverage of the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society in Hanoi, Vietnam (Agustin Fuentes, Cheryl Knott, Elisabetta Visalberghi, James Higham ...
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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #27: Part 3/5 from Our Coverage of the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society in Hanoi, Vietnam (Conservation: Tatyana Humle, Miles Woodruff, Debbie Cox, Noel Rowe, Augustin ...
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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #26: Part 2/5 from Our Coverage of the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society in Hanoi, Vietnam (Disease and Conservation: Tom Gillespie, Julio-Cesar Bicca-Marques, Joe ...
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,...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #25: Part 1/5 from Our Coverage of the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society in Hanoi, Vietnam (Introduction: Bert Covert, Steve Schapiro)
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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #24: An Interview with Dr. Raman Sukumar - Part 5/5 from Our Coverage of the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology
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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #23: An Interview with Dr. Maciej Trojan - Part 4/5 from Our Coverage of the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology
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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #22: Communication - Part 3/5 from Our Coverage of the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology
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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #21: Pro-social Behavior - Part 2/5 from Our Coverage of the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology
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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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The PrimateCast #20: Mental Time Travel, Metacognition and Metaphorical Mapping - Part 1/5 from Our Coverage of the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology
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...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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Hello everyone and welcome back to The PrimateCast! We're back at it with another interview installment to kick off, in rather tardy fashion, 2014...To get things back on track, we've enlisted the help of CICASP graduate student Ms. Sofi Bernstein (...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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In this installment of The PrimateCast, we asked students of Kyoto University's Primate Research Institute to select their favorite moments from the first year and a half plus of the podcast. We then interviewed each student, asking them to tell us about...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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In this installment of The PrimateCast, we asked students of Kyoto University's Primate Research Institute to select their favorite moments from the first year and a half plus of the podcast. We then interviewed each student, asking them to tell us about...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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In November of 2012, we sat down with Dr. Janet Nackoney, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland. Check out the interview on this installment of The PrimateCast.During October and...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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In November of 2012, we sat down with Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel, Senior Research Scientist at the Washington National Primate Research Center and lecturer at the University of Washington. Check out the interview on this installment of The PrimateCast.Dr....By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
On May 19th 2013 we spoke with Dr. Steve Ross, Director of the Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes at the Regenstein Center for African Apes of Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. Check out that interview on this installment of The...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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In this installment of The PrimateCast, Andrew and special guest host Dr. David Hill of CICASP sit down with Dr. Tomoaki Nishihara, Senior Technical Adviser of Operations and Protection with the Wildlife Conservation Society in Congo-Brazzaville. This...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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In the fifth installment of our podcast series from the conference on the Evolutionary Origins of the Human Mind at the International Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS), we spoke with Dr. Crickette Sanz, Assistant Professor in the Department of...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
In the fourth installment of our podcast series from the conference on the Evolutionary Origins of the Human Mind at the International Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS), we spoke with Dr. Dora Biro, Royal Society University Research Fellow, and soon...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
In the third installment of our podcast series from the conference on the Evolutionary Origins of the Human Mind at the International Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS), we spoke with Dr. Josep Call, Senior Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
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In the second installment of our podcast series from the conference on the Evolutionary Origins of the Human Mind at the International Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS), we spoke with Dr. William McGrew, Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Primatology...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
Between 3-6 December 2012, Chris and Andrew took their mobile podcast unit on the road to Kyoto for a conference at the International Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS) on the Evolutionary Origins of the Human Mind. During the conference, we were able...By cicasp@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (CICASP)
