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Callum Carpenter @ccprimatology.bsky.social · Oct 1

Was lucky enough to capture these photos on the way back from the field last week. A group of ~12 chimpanzees crossing a road inside Cantanhez NP, Guinea-Bissau. This was metres from a village, highlighting how humans and chimpanzees share the land across their range.
#Chimpanzees #Primatology

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Callum Carpenter @ccprimatology.bsky.social · Aug 21

Some of the primate residents of the Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼 spotted together during the field yesterday. Temminck’s Red Colobus (Piliocolobus badius temminckii), King Colobus (Colobus polykomos) and Campbell’s Monkey (Cercopithecus campbelli) #primates 🐵 #Guinea-Bissau #primatology

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Callum Carpenter @ccprimatology.bsky.social · Jul 14

Sharing some footage of western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) from our camera trapping efforts across various protected areas in Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼 this #WorldChimpanzeeDay #ChimpanzeeDay2025 @derbyuni.bsky.social @arcusfoundation.bsky.social

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Callum Carpenter @ccprimatology.bsky.social · May 28

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The most recent edition of “Primates in Peril”, a comprehensive biennial… | Arcus Foundation

The most recent edition of “Primates in Peril”, a comprehensive biennial report of the 25 most endangered primates, spotlights the plight of those species whose survival depends on the most immediate ...

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Callum Carpenter @ccprimatology.bsky.social · May 26

@arcusfoundation.bsky.social @derbyuni.bsky.social @joanachimpa.bsky.social #chimpanzee #primatology #Guinea-Bissau #EnvironmentalDNA #Fieldwork

Callum Carpenter @ccprimatology.bsky.social · May 26

🇬🇼 Glad to report another successful fieldwork expedition in the Dulombi National Park working with local guides and the government’s wildlife division IBAP on collecting eDNA samples in our attempts to detect the critically endangered Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus).

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Callum Carpenter @ccprimatology.bsky.social · Feb 25

@joanachimpa.bsky.social @arcusfoundation.bsky.social @twycrosszoo.bsky.social @derbyuni.bsky.social

Callum Carpenter @ccprimatology.bsky.social · Feb 25

www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/community/br...

Breakthrough project aims to help protect West African chimpanzees from risk of extinction

A groundbreaking method that could play a crucial role in safeguarding chimpanzees from escalating threats and the risk of extinction has been pioneered.

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Callum Carpenter @ccprimatology.bsky.social · Feb 12

Exciting to be able to share our ongoing work using novel eDNA techniques to detect the western chimpanzee in Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼
@derbyuni.bsky.social @arcusfoundation.bsky.social @joanachimpa.bsky.social

www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

How DNA extracted from forest air could help protect one of West Africa's rarest animals

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · Feb 12

#Anthropology

History of the Fulani, one of the largest pastoral populations in Africa, unraveled in study

Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The study reveals a complex genetic ancestry with influences from both North a...

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Callum Carpenter @ccprimatology.bsky.social · Feb 9

Excited to get started on our second round of fieldwork surveying chimpanzees here in Guinea-Bissau - this time in the remote Boé National Park. Special thank you to the Chimbo Foundation for hosting us at their research camp. @derbyuni.bsky.social #Chimpanzee #Conservation #Fieldwork

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Neotropical Primate Conservation (NPC) @neoprimate.bsky.social · Dec 19

An important article published earlier this year. Several NPC team members are coauthors:

Global wildlife trade and trafficking contribute to the world’s nonhuman primate conservation crisis

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Frontiers | Global wildlife trade and trafficking contribute to the world’s nonhuman primate conservation crisis

A growing global human population, habitat conversion, and the indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources have created unsustainable demands on nature,...

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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · Dec 11

Welcome to the official page for the Primate Society of Great Britain! Follow for information about primatology, grants, meetings, and more!

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Dec 8

Every year around now, I start to see grad students on social media bemoan that they’re going home for the holidays to a family that doesn’t understand their research, or what they do in general, and it breaks my heart. 🧵 🧪 #SciComm

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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · Dec 3

In a devastating blow to wolves and science-based conservation, European Union member states have chosen fear-mongering and anti-wolf rhetoric over facts. Today, members of the Bern Convention voted to downgrade the status of wolves across the EU from "strictly protected" to "protected."

European countries vote to give farmers more freedom to shoot wolves

The decision by Bern Convention members is a major win for the EU and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

www.politico.eu

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Callum Carpenter @ccprimatology.bsky.social · Nov 21

Another packed week of fieldwork here at the Lagoas de Cufada National Park in Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼
#primatology #chimpanzee #Guinea-Bissau #fieldwork #conservation

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · Nov 18

I'm still adding as I find more primatology peeps! Here is what I have so far!

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