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Protecting Primates
Ebo forest is home to subspecies of gorillas and chimpanzees found nowhere else on Earth.
Primates In Peril
Our Conservation Science team participated in Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2022–2023 , a report crucial to our mission. The report has served for more than 20 years as an emergency call to action for the world’s most critically endangered primates, including some of those we’re working to protect: the NigeriaCameroon chimpanzee in Ebo forest, and two lemur species (blue-eyed black lemur and Coquerel’s sifaka), which can be seen in their Madagascar Forest habitat at the Zoo’s Conrad Prebys Africa Rocks.
Growing Family
The youngest ring-tailed lemur in our care, born in May 2022, is now old enough to spend her days playing with her troop at the Zoo’s Africa Rocks Madagascar Forest habitat. Little Kintana has grown into her big eyes, woolly coat, and signature ringed tail, watched closely by first-time mom Rindra as she explores her home and the dynamics of the troop. Our conservation team helps protect these endangered primates on the African island of Madagascar, their only native home.
