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    Sep 13, 2012 |Column| WXIN-LTV

  1. New species of monkey discovered

    Scientists are claiming they have discovered a new species of monkeyliving in the remote forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo -- an animal well-known to local hunters but until now, unknown to the outside world.
    Scientists are claiming they have discovered a new species of monkeyliving in the remote forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo -- an animal well-known to local hunters but until now, unknown to the outside world. In a paper published Wednesday...

    Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Anthropology, Politics, New York University, Conservation

    2. Jun 7, 2012 |Story| WPIX-LTV

  2. Elephants Safe in Congo Park Amidst Slaughter in Surrounding Forests

    The loss of 5,000 forest elephants to poachers in northern Republic of Congo over the past five years makes protected areas for Africa’s dwindling wildlife more important than ever, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.
    The loss of 5,000 forest elephants to poachers in northern Republic of Congo over the past five years makes protected areas for Africa’s dwindling wildlife more important than ever, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. Conservationists...

    Tags: State Parks, Wildlife, Endangered Species, Natural Resources, Politics

    3. Feb 16, 2012 |Story| WPIX-LTV

  3. Congo Park Expanded to Protect Chimpanzees

    The Republic of Congo has formally expanded Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park to protect an increasingly rare treasure: one of Africa’s most pristine forests and a population of “naive” chimpanzees with so little exposure to humans that the curious apes investigate the conservationists who study them rather than run away.
    The Republic of Congo has formally expanded Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park to protect an increasingly rare treasure: one of Africa’s most pristine forests and a population of “naive” chimpanzees with so little exposure to humans that the...

    Tags: Lincoln Park Zoo, Congo, Africa, John Robinson, Endangered Species

    4. Jul 21, 2011 |Column| Imperial Valley Press Online

  4. From the desk of: Some favorite summer treats

    I have been going to the San Diego Zoo since I was a little girl. I love going there. I just don’t remember getting so worn out even when my husband and I used to have five young children in tow.         
    I have been going to the San Diego Zoo since I was a little girl. I love going there. I just don’t remember getting so worn out even when my husband and I used to have five young children in tow.          When we recently visited the zoo my...

    Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel, Photography, Fishing, Lifestyle and Leisure

    5. Jan 20, 2011 |Story| KTUU

  5. Weekend best bets: Jan. 21-23

    Anchorage Folk Festival
    Anchorage Folk Festival Wednesday, Jan. 20-Saturday, Jan. 30 Various times and locations The free, annual two-week festival features performances by more than 120 acts: singers, dancers, storytellers and a variety of musical groups will perform...

    Tags: Music Theater, Animals, High School Sports, Entertainment, Cameroon

    6. Jan 20, 2011 |Story| KTUU

  6. The 2 Do List (Jan. 20)

    <strong>Pulse Dance Company in Concert</strong>
    Pulse Dance Company in Concert Friday, Jan. 21-Saturday, Jan. 22 8:00 p.m. at APU's Grant Hall Pulse Dance Company takes to the stage for their first official performance Friday and Saturday nights. The new modern dance company was created less than a...

    Tags: Facebook, Music Theater, Animals, High School Sports, Entertainment

    7. May 17, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. An old diary throws him a curve

    <strong>Reporting from Orange, Va. </strong>
    Part two of three
    Reporting from Orange, Va. On the 19th page of the diary, I saw it. "Spence Mozingo came to . . . get boards for covering the Tob[acco] house." I clasped the back of my head in disbelief. Francis Taylor, a close cousin of James Madison, had kept a...

    Tags: DNA, Huguenot, Benjamin Franklin, Chemical Industry, Nursing

    8. Sep 29, 2002 |Story| Hartford Courant

  8. Chapter Seven: The Last Slaves

    In a field behind Deep River's historical society stands a small glass building shaped like a triangle. It looks like a greenhouse, but there is a U.S. patent for it filed by a local man named Ulysses Pratt. This "bleach house," as it was called, was...

    Tags: Western Africa, Economy, Business and Finance, Wesleyan University, Petroleum Industry, Massachusetts

    9. Dec 12, 2000 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. City's 5 million reduced to mere survival

    Tribune foreign correspondent
    The invalids line their wheelchairs along the edge of the pier, high above the Congo River's swirling, deadly currents, as if about to plunge in. But they are not suicidal. They are in a race. And they must solve an important puzzle: How can they board...

    Tags: Travel, Elections, Television, Armed Forces, Crimes

    10. Dec 10, 2000 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Torrents of civil war pound ravaged Congo

    Tribune foreign correspondent
    The rains start in October in Katanga province, with huge drops that fall as they do only in the tropics, straight and hard, like a hail of ball bearings. Water pools. And then, restlessly, the runoff begins to move. It slides northward across an immense...

    Tags: South Africa, Central Intelligence Agency, Economy, Business and Finance, Petroleum Industry, Breast

    11. Mar 13, 2000 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Silence descends on Africa's forests

    Tribune foreign correspondent
    In the steamy twilight of the jungle, Gilles Bokande hunkered beside a mossy stump and pinched his nose between his index and middle fingers. Blowing air through the back of his throat, he bleated like a duiker, a tiny forest antelope. Nothing happened....

    Tags: Forestry and Timber, Western Africa, Nature, Economy, Business and Finance, Endangered Species

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