{"product_id":"among-african-apes-stories-and-photos-from-the-field-9780520274594","title":"Among African Apes: Stories and Photos from the Field","description":"These compelling stories and photographs take us to places like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Ivindo National Park in Gabon, and the Ta  National Park in C te d'Ivoire for an intimate and revealing look at the lives of African wild apes--and at the lives of the humans who study them. In tales of adventure, research, and conservation, veteran field researchers and conservationists describe exciting discoveries made over the past few decades about chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. The book features vivid descriptions of interactions among these highly intelligent creatures as they hunt, socialize, and play. More difficult themes emerge as well, including the threats apes face from poaching, disease, and deforestation. In stories that are often moving and highly personal, this book takes measure of how special the great apes are and discusses positive conservation efforts, including ecotourism, that can help bring these magnificent animals back from the brink of extinction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartha M. Robbins\u003c\/b\u003e is Research Associate at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eMountain Gorillas: Three Decades of \u003ci\u003eResearch at Karisoke \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Feeding Ecology of Apes and Other Primates\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eChristophe Boesch\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Department of Primatology at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Real Chimpanzee: Sex Strategies in the Forest, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50325018116370,"sku":"9780520274594","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b6a14b81-2134-46e7-92e0-faa0700b353b.jpg?v=1727678394","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/among-african-apes-stories-and-photos-from-the-field-9780520274594","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}