The Primates: Related Internet Sites

Related Internet Sites

Primatology Research Institute Links:

DPZ German Primate Center (research facility for biological and biomedical research with primates)

The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute and Friends of Washoe (the home of Washoe, her family, and chimpanzee friends; Central Washington University)

The Gorilla Foundation (a site focusing on Koko the gorilla and conservation of gorillas in the wild)

Colombian Primate Network (a research and conservation oriented organization focused on the monkeys of Colombia)

The Jane Goodall Institute (chimpanzee research research and protection)

Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center (extensive links and information primarily for graduate students--University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center (mostly medical and psychological research on primates--Emory University)

Primate Species Links:

African Primates at Home (information about specific species of African primates, including sounds--Washington University, St. Louis)

Animal Diversity Web (extensive lists of priamtes that have been scientifically classified; University of Michigan Museum of Zoology)

Duke University Primate Center (a research center for prosimian research)

Orangutans (PBS Nature Series links)

Primate Conservation Inc. (information of the world's top 25 most endangered primates)

Primate Photo Gallery (Smithsonian National Zoological Park)

Yahoo links to ape, lemur, and monkey Web sites

Primate Intelligence Links:

What Primates Think (article comparing brains of different primate species by Jill Locantore and Brendan Horton; Smithsonian National Zoological Park)

People Eating Primates Links:

Bushmeat FactSheet (chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, and other animals hunted for food in West Africa--The Jane Goodall Institute)

Other Related Links:

Links to Primate Sanctuaries and Sanctuary Organizations (AESOP Project--Allied Effort to Save Our Primates)

Mostly Monkeys (the website of a sanctuary for abused and unwanted animals)

Primate Society of Great Britain (information about international fieldwork opportunities and scientific meetings)

Save the Chimps (the website for a group that wants to build homes for former laboratory chimpanzees)

The eSkeletons Project (a great site for human and other primate comparative anantomy; created by John Kappelman, University of Texas at Austin)

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