Zanzibar Red Colobus Project
@zrcp.bsky.social
Researchers from Bangor University, UK & collaborators from other institutions, who study the endangered & endemic Zanzibar red colobus at Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park & other locations in Zanzibar. Posts by project director @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social
Beautifully filmed piece about sponge farming along Zanzibar’s coast from the BBC.
The spongy creatures cleaning Zanzibar's oceans
As ocean temperatures rise, women in Zanzibar turn to natural sea sponge farming to stay afloat.
bbc.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Beautifully filmed piece about sponge farming along Zanzibar’s coast from the BBC.
Working on our brochures and poster about the colobus!
July 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Working on our brochures and poster about the colobus!
Team photos from the last few days. In the field following the colobus and on the pitch playing a friendly students v field assistants football game.
July 8, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Team photos from the last few days. In the field following the colobus and on the pitch playing a friendly students v field assistants football game.
Catching up with our Zanzibari collaborators at ZALIRI on the parasitology project- with Othman and his team. Owen and Hannah sharing some results from the lab work done in 2023 and 2024.
June 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Catching up with our Zanzibari collaborators at ZALIRI on the parasitology project- with Othman and his team. Owen and Hannah sharing some results from the lab work done in 2023 and 2024.
Back for more parasitology lab work at ZALIRI!
Back in the lab with these two @owenstorer.bsky.social @hannahfrog.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Back for more parasitology lab work at ZALIRI!
Many congratulations to Molly Allum! She studied the crop foraging behaviour of the Zanzibar red colobus here in Jozani last year for her third year dissertation at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @beps-bangor.bsky.social ! Great dissertation - currently working on making it into a journal article!
We're delighted to announce the winner of our most recent Undergraduate Primatology Recognition Award: Molly Alum. 🎉
June 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Many congratulations to Molly Allum! She studied the crop foraging behaviour of the Zanzibar red colobus here in Jozani last year for her third year dissertation at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @beps-bangor.bsky.social ! Great dissertation - currently working on making it into a journal article!
Reposted by Zanzibar Red Colobus Project
We're delighted to announce the winner of our most recent Undergraduate Primatology Recognition Award: Molly Alum. 🎉
June 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We're delighted to announce the winner of our most recent Undergraduate Primatology Recognition Award: Molly Alum. 🎉
Camp Group foraging in the shambas (agro-fallow fields) this evening
June 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Camp Group foraging in the shambas (agro-fallow fields) this evening
An afternoon in the shambas following Camp Group: @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social @hannahfrog.bsky.social and @owenstorer.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
An afternoon in the shambas following Camp Group: @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social @hannahfrog.bsky.social and @owenstorer.bsky.social
PhD students @hannahfrog.bsky.social from UCSB and @owenstorer.bsky.social from @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social chilling at our Jozani base discussing colobus science and such.
June 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
PhD students @hannahfrog.bsky.social from UCSB and @owenstorer.bsky.social from @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social chilling at our Jozani base discussing colobus science and such.
A single young female passing through camp this morning to nibble on some foliage. She might be at an age where shes looking to join a new group and moves around on her own for a bit.
June 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A single young female passing through camp this morning to nibble on some foliage. She might be at an age where shes looking to join a new group and moves around on her own for a bit.
We are now on @bsky.app! Follow us for updates on our work in the field, studying the endangered and endemic Zanzibar red colobus monkeys!! #primates #primatology
June 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
We are now on @bsky.app! Follow us for updates on our work in the field, studying the endangered and endemic Zanzibar red colobus monkeys!! #primates #primatology