Donate now: Gibbon aid after landslide
The destroyed enclosureat the Potuki Rescue Centre in Lok Kawi, Malaysia (c) Mariani Ramli, GCS Malaysia Heavy monsoon rains in Malaysia have led to rivers overflowing their banks
Is Batman a Bad Man?
(c) Paige Cody/Unsplash Bats have always had a dark and mystical reputation. They are associated with bloodsuckers, Count Dracula and Transylvania. Some find them fascinating, othe
Borneo Gibbon Aid
A lot has happened since our last post on this topic. Perhaps you remember how Hannah found a gibbon cub in need of help shortly before her rushed departure from the jungle of Born
From the Rainforest to the Classroom
I had to leave the jungles of Borneo, as well as our on-going clouded leopard project within 24 hours and return to Germany with the last plane. Covid-19 had also reached the rainf
Soy – Better Than Its Reputation?
When talking about soy, people often think of genetically modified monocultures and cleared rainforests in South America. Unfortunately, this is the reality for the most part. But
The Last Third of The Rainforest
According to a study, around two-thirds of the original tropical rainforest has been destroyed or at least thinned out by humans. The last third of the rainforest is what we have l
Countering the next pandemic with species protection
Somewhere in the Far East, a bat, a pangolin and a human meet. A trivial piece of news that normally would have interested no one here in Europe. Had life as we know it not come to
Borneo Gibbon – Last of its kind?
How 48 hours with a two-month-old baby gibbon, no bigger than my forearm, in the jungles of Borneo turned my life upside down. Gibbons are closer relatives to humans than to macaqu