GMERC
@gmerc-tz.bsky.social
Tanzania-based organisation focusing on western Tanzania chimpanzee, guenon, and yellow baboon behaviour, ecology, and conservation. See more @ gmerc.org
Hongera @Rhianna Drummond-Clarke and the entire team. Read about the importance of branch parameters and chimpanzee locomotion at Issa here: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
July 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Hongera @Rhianna Drummond-Clarke and the entire team. Read about the importance of branch parameters and chimpanzee locomotion at Issa here: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Two very proud supervisor-people and a newly-hatted doctor. Hongera sana, @Rhianna Drummond-Clarke!
June 20, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Two very proud supervisor-people and a newly-hatted doctor. Hongera sana, @Rhianna Drummond-Clarke!
Two very proud supervisor-people and a newly-hatted doctor. Hongera sana, @Rhianna Drummond-Clarke!
June 20, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Two very proud supervisor-people and a newly-hatted doctor. Hongera sana, @Rhianna Drummond-Clarke!
Join for a fantastic opportunity to learn about the newest research in the world of zoology, meet fellow researchers and professionals, and attend unique events and workshops in a fabulous city! See more here:
www.kndv.nl/zoology-2025...
www.kndv.nl/zoology-2025...
June 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Join for a fantastic opportunity to learn about the newest research in the world of zoology, meet fellow researchers and professionals, and attend unique events and workshops in a fabulous city! See more here:
www.kndv.nl/zoology-2025...
www.kndv.nl/zoology-2025...
GMERC Project manager Judi Mbayuwayu at the training for the Primate WATCH program-East Africa in Uganda (ARRC task force)- www.arrctaskforce.org/general-1
May 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
GMERC Project manager Judi Mbayuwayu at the training for the Primate WATCH program-East Africa in Uganda (ARRC task force)- www.arrctaskforce.org/general-1
Do chimpanzees use the onset of rains as indicators of termite fishing season? At Issa they do! Team Phillips, Oelze et al. strike again!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Do chimpanzees use the onset of rains as indicators of termite fishing season? At Issa they do! Team Phillips, Oelze et al. strike again!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hongera sana, Ivorda Mhakilicha! Cattle-primate spatiotemporal overlap @ Issa from camera trap footage...https://brill.com/view/journals/ijfp/aop/article-10.1163-14219980-bja10057/article-10.1163-14219980-bja10057.xml
April 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Hongera sana, Ivorda Mhakilicha! Cattle-primate spatiotemporal overlap @ Issa from camera trap footage...https://brill.com/view/journals/ijfp/aop/article-10.1163-14219980-bja10057/article-10.1163-14219980-bja10057.xml
Hongera sana to @Ruth Bowers-Sword for successfully defending her PhD on the use of passive acoustic monitoring to study chimpanzees. Doctorhood is upon you!!!
April 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hongera sana to @Ruth Bowers-Sword for successfully defending her PhD on the use of passive acoustic monitoring to study chimpanzees. Doctorhood is upon you!!!
Does the microbiome reflect diet, ecology and lifestyle in African Hominidae? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
April 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Does the microbiome reflect diet, ecology and lifestyle in African Hominidae? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Bird scavenging (or hunting?!) - add it to the diet list! Great capture, @R. Drummond-Clarke!. Extra points for anyone who can identify the bird species!
March 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Bird scavenging (or hunting?!) - add it to the diet list! Great capture, @R. Drummond-Clarke!. Extra points for anyone who can identify the bird species!
Chimpanzees as indicators of mammalian abundance...PanAf metadataset strikes again! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
March 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Chimpanzees as indicators of mammalian abundance...PanAf metadataset strikes again! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Jane Lukumay - the 2025 GMERC Primatologist Intern - with an enormous Termitomyces sample :) (photo: Noah Siegel)
March 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Jane Lukumay - the 2025 GMERC Primatologist Intern - with an enormous Termitomyces sample :) (photo: Noah Siegel)
First camera trap capture of infant carrying...and now meat carrying! Well spotted, @Vikram Malhi!
March 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
First camera trap capture of infant carrying...and now meat carrying! Well spotted, @Vikram Malhi!
Noah Siegel @ Issa helping identify some of the mysterious mushrooms being consumed by our primate community!
March 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Noah Siegel @ Issa helping identify some of the mysterious mushrooms being consumed by our primate community!
Infant carrying we've seen, but infant dragging? Fab find, @wildmolecules.bsky.social !!!
January 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Infant carrying we've seen, but infant dragging? Fab find, @wildmolecules.bsky.social !!!
In another life, I want to be a bushbaby....a bouncy one.
January 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In another life, I want to be a bushbaby....a bouncy one.
Justas_Mikulenas & Caitlin_Green from @uclofficial.bsky.social Msc in Biodiversity and Global Change present their work @ PSGB Bristol in Dec 2024. Hongerini!
January 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Justas_Mikulenas & Caitlin_Green from @uclofficial.bsky.social Msc in Biodiversity and Global Change present their work @ PSGB Bristol in Dec 2024. Hongerini!
Ah, the benefits of archival footage. Make that FOUR Issa primate species that exploit the local mushroom diversity!
January 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Ah, the benefits of archival footage. Make that FOUR Issa primate species that exploit the local mushroom diversity!
"If I just stay vewy vewy still, that wittle wed light will stop following me". Bipedality in our most distant relative, Otolemur crassicaudatus!
December 5, 2024 at 9:08 AM
"If I just stay vewy vewy still, that wittle wed light will stop following me". Bipedality in our most distant relative, Otolemur crassicaudatus!
Field teams deploy camera traps and head to transects through previous chimpanzee habitat as part of ongoing survey and monitoring work to assess chimpanzee corridor habitat in the Greater Mahale Ecosystem. Partnering with @TAWIRI and with support from @arcusapes.bsky.social and @FZS
December 4, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Field teams deploy camera traps and head to transects through previous chimpanzee habitat as part of ongoing survey and monitoring work to assess chimpanzee corridor habitat in the Greater Mahale Ecosystem. Partnering with @TAWIRI and with support from @arcusapes.bsky.social and @FZS
Mushroom season in full effect!
December 4, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Mushroom season in full effect!
Arboreal camera trapping success @ Issa by @juju_janisch, @AdamvanC, & @tracykivell.bsky.social Safi sana!
November 30, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Arboreal camera trapping success @ Issa by @juju_janisch, @AdamvanC, & @tracykivell.bsky.social Safi sana!
Leopard sightings are rare....but leopard copulations? Surely a one-off in the lifetime of our project! Here lie the benefits of reviewing older footage for new questions. BTW - could be me, but sure looks like the male is a bit camera shy! Many thanks, @DaphneVink!!
November 17, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Leopard sightings are rare....but leopard copulations? Surely a one-off in the lifetime of our project! Here lie the benefits of reviewing older footage for new questions. BTW - could be me, but sure looks like the male is a bit camera shy! Many thanks, @DaphneVink!!