<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Great Ape Trust</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org</link><description>Great Ape Trust is a scientific research facility in Des Moines, Iowa, dedicated to understanding the origins and future of culture, language, tools and intelligence, and to the preservation of endangered great apes in their natural habitats. To learn more about Great Ape Trust, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, go to www.GreatApeTrust.org.</description><lastBuildDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rss/index.php" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>Great Ape Trust and new Bonobo Hope  team up to save the bonobos</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-and-new-bonobo-hope-team-up-to-save-the-bonobos</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-and-new-bonobo-hope-team-up-to-save-the-bonobos</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa - January 9, 2012 -- Great Ape Trust, a scientific research facility, and Bonobo Hope, a charitable organization, are teaming up to launch an international fund raising effort to support bonobos around the world and in Des Moines'...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust Names Interim Director</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-names-interim-director</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-names-interim-director</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa-December 20, 2011-- A University of Southern Mississippi scientist and a leading researcher of primate cognition for the past decade has been named interim director of Great Ape Trust--a world-class scientific research organization...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust Expands Board, Charts Course for 2012</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-expands-board-charts-course-for-2012</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-expands-board-charts-course-for-2012</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa-December 13, 2011-Great Ape Trust, a world-class scientific research organization in Des Moines that studies culture, language, tools and intelligence, has a new board and an ambitious agenda for 2012. The Great Ape Trust board of...]]></description></item><item><title>Gishwati Forest to Become Rwanda National Park, Great Ape Trust Concludes Successful Initiative</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/gishwati-forest-to-become-rwanda-national-park-great-ape-trust-concludes-successful-initiative</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/gishwati-forest-to-become-rwanda-national-park-great-ape-trust-concludes-successful-initiative</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(Des Moines, Iowa-December 12, 2011) Just four years ago it was a single vision shared by the president of Rwanda and a businessman in Iowa. Today, the Gishwati Area Conservation Program (GACP) is a successful conservation initiative that has...]]></description></item><item><title>Drake University has Key Role in  Growing Rwanda's Gishwati Forest</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/drake-university-has-key-role-in-growing-rwanda-s-gishwati-forest</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/drake-university-has-key-role-in-growing-rwanda-s-gishwati-forest</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(Des Moines, Iowa - November 17, 2011) A small pocket of Rwandan rain forest, home to a tiny population of endangered chimpanzees, has become an important scientific learning tool and research site for Drake University students and faculty. The area...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust Scientist to Lecture at Butler University</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientist-to-lecture-at-butler-university</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientist-to-lecture-at-butler-university</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa - October 31, 2011 - Great Ape Trust scientist, Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh will present this week at the 2011 J. James Woods Lecture Series at Butler University in Indianapolis, Ind. Her lecture, Bonobos, Language and Culture will be...]]></description></item><item><title>Ecotourism program unveiled  for Rwanda&#039;s Forest of Hope</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/ecotourism-program-unveiled-for-rwanda-s-forest-of-hope</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/ecotourism-program-unveiled-for-rwanda-s-forest-of-hope</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(Des Moines, Iowa--October 18, 2011) A proposed ecotourism program for the Gishwati Forest brings new hope to Rwanda's&Acirc;&nbsp;Forest of Hope.&Atilde;&#131;&acirc;&#128;&#154;&Atilde;&#130;&Acirc;&nbsp; Organizers of the Gishwati Area...]]></description></item><item><title>60 Minutes Australia: &quot;Talk to the Animals&quot;</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/60-minutes-australia-talk-to-the-animals</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/60-minutes-australia-talk-to-the-animals</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Great Ape Trust's internationally recognized bonobo research program has garnered more global media attention. The scientific research effort directed by Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and William Fields has been featured by 60 Minutes Australia in a...]]></description></item><item><title>Autism In Another Ape</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/autism-in-another-ape</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/autism-in-another-ape</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The uniqueness of Teco, a 15-month-old bonobo at Great Ape Trust,&nbsp;is chronicled in two new articles: the first in the current issue of Scientific American magazine (read here) and another on GlobalAnimal.org (read here)
Great Ape Trust...]]></description></item><item><title>Rwandan Students Tour Gishwati Forest</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rwandan-students-tour-gishwati-forest</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rwandan-students-tour-gishwati-forest</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thanks to a Great Ape Trust conservation effort, more than a dozen Rwandan students had a unique opportunity this summer to learn about a very special place close to their hearts - Gishwati Forest.
First a little background: &nbsp;Situated in...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust Begins Fundraising Campaign</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-begins-fundraising-campaign</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-begins-fundraising-campaign</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Great Ape Trust has announced fundraising efforts are underway to ensure the organization's viability and continued scientific success. Great Ape Trust is a world-class scientific research organization in southeast Des Moines dedicated to studying...]]></description></item><item><title>BBC TV Documentary on Animal  Intelligence to Feature Great Ape Trust</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/bbc-tv-documentary-on-animal-intelligence-to-feature-great-ape-trust</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/bbc-tv-documentary-on-animal-intelligence-to-feature-great-ape-trust</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; August 22, 2011 &ndash; An upcoming BBC Television documentary will feature the bonobo language research program at Great Ape Trust.&nbsp; A crew from BBC spent three days last week shooting interviews and video of scientist...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust scientist: &quot;Rise of the Planet of the Apes&quot; Will Change Perceptions</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientist-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-will-change-perceptions</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientist-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-will-change-perceptions</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An internationally acclaimed scientist at Great Ape Trust said the new film Rise of the Planet of the Apes, will change our perception of nonhuman primates and their relationship to us. Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh works with bonobos at a research...]]></description></item><item><title>Forests and Rwanda&#039;s Future</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/forests-and-rwanda-s-future</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/forests-and-rwanda-s-future</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Forests and Rwanda's Future is an essay by Dr. Benjamin Beck that appeared in Rwanda's daily newspaper, The New Times.
Researchers with the Great Ape Trust/Earthpark Gishwati Area Conservation Program recently observed a newborn chimpanzee baby, the...]]></description></item><item><title>Endangered Chimpanzee Population  Increases in Rwanda&#039;s Forest of Hope</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/endangered-chimpanzee-population-increases-in-rwanda-s-forest-of-hope</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/endangered-chimpanzee-population-increases-in-rwanda-s-forest-of-hope</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(Des Moines, Iowa &acirc;&#128;&#147; July 19, 2011) &acirc;&#128;&#147; For the third time in less than a year, a scientific team managing Rwanda&acirc;&#128;&#153;s Gishwati Forest reports an increase in the population of endangered chimpanzees...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust scientist renews call for  change in ape welfare following new study</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientist-renews-call-for-change-in-ape-welfare-following-new-study</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientist-renews-call-for-change-in-ape-welfare-following-new-study</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; July 1, 2011 &ndash; A new study that shows serious behavioral abnormalities are endemic among captive chimpanzees has brought about a renewed call for significant change in ape care and welfare by a leading expert on great...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust scientist coauthors  new book, Animal Tool Behavior</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientist-coauthors-new-book-animal-tool-behavior</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientist-coauthors-new-book-animal-tool-behavior</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; June 9, 2011 &ndash; The director of conservation at Great Ape Trust, Dr. Benjamin Beck, has collaborated with two former Trust researchers on an important new book about animal tool manufacture and use.&nbsp; Animal Tool...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust orangutan Popi, 40, &quot;gets the birthday party she deserves&quot;</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-orangutan-popi-40-gets-the-birthday-party-she-deserves</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-orangutan-popi-40-gets-the-birthday-party-she-deserves</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[DES MOINES, Iowa, April 26, 2011 &acirc;&#128;&#147; The orangutan Popi turned 40 Saturday at a party her human friends at Great Ape Trust said she should have had as a youngster. Instead, as the headliner in disgraced animal trainer Bobby...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust Scientist One of TIME&#039;s 100 Most Influential People In the World</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientist-one-of-times-100-most-influential-people-in-the-world</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientist-one-of-times-100-most-influential-people-in-the-world</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(Des Moines, Iowa--April 21, 2011)--TIME named Great Ape Trust scientist, Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, to the 2011 TIME 100, the magazine&Atilde;&cent;&acirc;&#130;&not;&acirc;&#132;&cent;s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world....]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust researcher to present at  medical science lecture series at University of Iowa</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-researcher-to-present-at-medical-science-lecture-series-at-university-of-iowa</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-researcher-to-present-at-medical-science-lecture-series-at-university-of-iowa</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; April 17, 2011 &ndash; Great Ape Trust scientist, Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, will present this week at the 2011 Ramon and Victoria Lim Medical Science Lectureship at the University of Iowa. Her lecture, &ldquo;Humanity,...]]></description></item><item><title>Gishwati Area Conservation Program  Gets Support for Planting 1,000 Trees</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/gishwati-area-conservation-program-gets-support-for-planting-1-000-trees</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/gishwati-area-conservation-program-gets-support-for-planting-1-000-trees</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; April 11, 2011) &ndash; Plant-It 2020 has given Great Ape Trust and the Gishwati Area Conservation Program a grant to plant 1,000 native trees in and around the Gishwati National Forest in western Rwanda. Plant-It 2020 is a...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust scientist to give &#039;Distinguished Lecture&#039; at Central States Anthropological Society conference</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientist-to-give-distinguished-lecture-at-central-states-anthropological-society-co</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientist-to-give-distinguished-lecture-at-central-states-anthropological-society-co</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; April 1, 2011 &ndash; Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, a scientific researcher at Great Ape Trust, will present the Distinguished Lecture at the 2011 conference of the Central States Anthropological Society. Her lecture, When Method...]]></description></item><item><title>Faustin Gashakamba Joins Gishwati Area Conservation Program</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/faustin-gashakamba-joins-gishwati-area-conservation-program</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/faustin-gashakamba-joins-gishwati-area-conservation-program</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(Gisenyi, Rwanda &ndash; March 30, 2011) &ndash; Madeleine Nyiratuza, Coordinator of the Gishwati Area Conservation Program (GACP), and Senior Program Advisor Peter Clay announced today the selection of Mr. Faustin Gashakamba as the Program&rsquo;s...]]></description></item><item><title>Significant Expansion and More Chimpanzees Seen in Rwanda&#039;s &#039;Forest of Hope&#039;</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/significant-expansion-and-more-chimpanzees-seen-in-rwanda-s-forest-of-hope</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/significant-expansion-and-more-chimpanzees-seen-in-rwanda-s-forest-of-hope</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; March 16, 2011) &ndash; It began three years ago as one of the most ambitious conservation initiatives in Africa. Today, a unique forest restoration and chimpanzee conservation program in Rwanda is transforming an area once...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust Earns Two Gold ADDY Awards</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-earns-two-gold-addy-awards</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-earns-two-gold-addy-awards</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; February 21, 2011 &ndash; Great Ape Trust&rsquo;s Web site and a promotional booklet about the bonobo language research program in Iowa were recently honored with Gold ADDY&reg; Awards for creative excellence by the American...]]></description></item><item><title>Gishwati&#039;s Ecoguards: Supporting People and Protecting a Forest</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/gishwati-s-ecoguards-supporting-people-and-protecting-a-forest</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/gishwati-s-ecoguards-supporting-people-and-protecting-a-forest</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It is a cool morning on a day in late November of 2007. Mixing with the morning mist, pungent wood smoke from a cooking fire catches the sunlight. A small boy stands nearby, in a large, hilly pasture near the edge of the Gishwati Forest in the...]]></description></item><item><title>Kanzi&#039;s New Role:  Father of Teco</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/kanzi-s-new-role-father-of-teco</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/kanzi-s-new-role-father-of-teco</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; January 27, 2011) &ndash; He&rsquo;s the most famous bonobo in the world.&nbsp; Kanzi, a language-competent bonobo at Great Ape Trust, has been the subject of dozens of scientific articles and international documentaries....]]></description></item><item><title>Rwandan Biologist Promoted to Research Manager  of Gishwati Area Conservation Program</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rwandan-biologist-promoted-to-research-manager-of-gishwati-area-conservation-program</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rwandan-biologist-promoted-to-research-manager-of-gishwati-area-conservation-program</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(Gisenyi, Rwanda &ndash; January 26, 2011) - Madeleine Nyiratuza, coordinator of the Gishwati Area Conservation Program (GACP), announced today that Sylvain Nyandwi had assumed new responsibilities as research manager for the program&rsquo;s...]]></description></item><item><title>Teco, Up Close and Personal</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/new-photos-of-baby-teco-at-seven-months</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/new-photos-of-baby-teco-at-seven-months</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa - January 19, 2011 - He's less than eight months old and weighs only nine pounds. He talks back to his elders and one of his favorite playmates is a big old dog. Say hello to Teco, the wunderkind of bonobos at Great Ape Trust....]]></description></item><item><title>Robert&#039;s Reading Group</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/robert-s-reading-group</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/robert-s-reading-group</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[By learning you will teach...by teaching you will learn. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;...]]></description></item><item><title>Kanzi Creates Cover for 2011 Book of Lists</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/kanzi-creates-cover-for-2011-book-of-lists</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/kanzi-creates-cover-for-2011-book-of-lists</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Add another distinction to Kanzi's long list of accomplishments - commissioned artist. &nbsp;At a downtown gala last night in Des Moines, a painting by the world famous Great Ape Trust bonobo was unveiled as the cover art for the 2011 Book of...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust Bonobos on Anderson Cooper 360</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-bonobos-on-cnn-s-anderson-cooper-360</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-bonobos-on-cnn-s-anderson-cooper-360</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The bonobos Kanzi and Panbanisha are going prime-time. &nbsp;The bonobo language research efforts at Great Ape Trust &nbsp;will be featured this week on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 as part of a special program devoted to animal...]]></description></item><item><title>Donations Bring Water and Sanitation  to Rwandan School Children</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/donations-bring-water-and-sanitation-to-rwandan-school-children</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/donations-bring-water-and-sanitation-to-rwandan-school-children</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; November 8, 2010 &ndash; Sometimes the simplest of ideas can make a world of difference.
Kinihira Primary School in Rwanda&rsquo;s Western Province is like many in this tiny, densely populated African nation.&nbsp; Nine...]]></description></item><item><title>Kanzi Turns 30</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/kanzi-turns-30</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/kanzi-turns-30</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[He's one of the world's most intelligent - and studied - nonhuman primates, and now Kanzi is 30 years old.
Born October 28, 1980 at Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center in Atlanta, Kanzi's formative years were spent at Georgia State University....]]></description></item><item><title>Baby Bonobo Teco plays with iPad</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/baby-bonobo-teco-plays-with-ipad</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/baby-bonobo-teco-plays-with-ipad</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Teco likes technology. &nbsp;The newest member of bonobo language research has been introduced to something quite different from previous generations. &nbsp;Teco, born on June 1 at Great Ape Trust, has shown a keen interest in children's...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust Web site  rated among best in U.S.</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-web-site-rated-among-best-in-u-s</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-web-site-rated-among-best-in-u-s</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; October 21, 2010 &ndash; For the fifth time, the Web site of Great Ape Trust has been recognized as one of the best in the United States.&nbsp; Great Ape Trust was honored recently with a W3 Silver Award by the International...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape TrustâEUR(TM)s male bonobo Nyota  becomes âEUR~excellentâEUR(TM) babysitter</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-s-male-bonobo-nyota-becomes-excellent-babysitter</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-s-male-bonobo-nyota-becomes-excellent-babysitter</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; October 13, 2010 &ndash; Something pretty amazing is happening at Great Ape Trust. On the 230-acre campus that is home to a scientific research program that studies culture, language and intelligence, a 12-year-old male...]]></description></item><item><title>Kanzi and Great Ape TrustâEUR(TM)s bonobo research featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/kanzi-and-great-ape-trust-s-bonobo-research-featured-on-the-oprah-winfrey-show</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/kanzi-and-great-ape-trust-s-bonobo-research-featured-on-the-oprah-winfrey-show</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; October 5, 2010 &ndash; The world&rsquo;s most famous bonobo was featured on the world&rsquo;s most famous talk show - The Oprah Winfrey Show. A segment about Kanzi and the bonobo language program at Great Ape Trust aired...]]></description></item><item><title>Baby bonobo Teco intrigues  Great Ape Trust researchers</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/baby-bonobo-teco-intrigues-great-ape-trust-researchers</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/baby-bonobo-teco-intrigues-great-ape-trust-researchers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; September 13, 2010 &ndash; He&rsquo;s only three months old and weighs just a few pounds but already the scientists at Great Ape Trust are confident that the baby bonobo named Teco could play an important role in ape...]]></description></item><item><title>Four Great Ape Trust Orangutans Transferred to Indianapolis Zoo</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/four-great-ape-trust-orangutans-transferred-to-indianapolis-zoo</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/four-great-ape-trust-orangutans-transferred-to-indianapolis-zoo</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; September 3, 2010 &ndash; Four orangutans have been transferred successfully from Great Ape Trust to their new home at the Indianapolis Zoo.&nbsp; The orangutans, Azy, Knobi, Katy and Rocky, were relocated on August 29, by a...]]></description></item><item><title>&quot;Ape House&quot; book tour begins in Des Moines</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/ape-house-book-tour-begins-in-des-moines</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/ape-house-book-tour-begins-in-des-moines</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bestselling author Sara Gruen will launch her new book Ape House in Des Moines on September 7 at an event hosted by the Des Moines Public Library. Ape House was inspired by Great Ape Trust, a scientific research facility in southeast Des Moines that...]]></description></item><item><title>TIME magazine features Kanzi and  Great Ape TrustâEUR(TM)s scientific research</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/time-magazine-features-kanzi-and-great-ape-trust-s-scientific-research</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/time-magazine-features-kanzi-and-great-ape-trust-s-scientific-research</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; August 6, 2010 &ndash; A TIME magazine cover story, Inside the Minds of Animals, features an inside look at the bonobo language research program at Great Ape Trust and the intelligence of its most famous resident,...]]></description></item><item><title>Chimpanzee population on the rise  in RwandaâEUR(TM)s Gishwati Forest</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/chimpanzee-population-on-the-rise-in-rwanda-s-gishwati-forest</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/chimpanzee-population-on-the-rise-in-rwanda-s-gishwati-forest</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; August 2 2010 &ndash; Rwanda&rsquo;s Forest of Hope is living up to its name. Scientists working at a research field station in the Gishwati National Conservation Park report that a young adult female chimpanzee is the...]]></description></item><item><title>Swartz assumes new role at Trust, extends list-learning research to bonobos</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/swartz-assumes-new-role-at-great-ape-trust-extends-list-learning-research-to-bonobos</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/swartz-assumes-new-role-at-great-ape-trust-extends-list-learning-research-to-bonobos</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; July 27, 2010 &ndash; &ldquo;Rocky, would you like to work?&rdquo; Dr. Karyl Swartz asks from the orangutan research laboratory at Great Ape Trust, a scientific research institute in Des Moines, Iowa, where she recently...]]></description></item><item><title>Floodwaters recede, Great Ape Trust nearing return to normal operations</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/floodwaters-recede-great-ape-trust-nearing-return-to-normal-operations</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/floodwaters-recede-great-ape-trust-nearing-return-to-normal-operations</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; July 6, 2010 &ndash; Floodwaters are dropping at Great Ape Trust and operations at the scientific research facility in southeast Des Moines should return to normal the next day or two. All but five acres of the 230-acre...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust surrounded  by floodwaters but all is well</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-surrounded-by-floodwaters-but-all-is-well</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-surrounded-by-floodwaters-but-all-is-well</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; July 3, 2010 &ndash; The 230 acre campus of Great Ape Trust is now 225 acres of lake. Floodwaters crested earlier today at the scientific research facility in southeast Des Moines leaving only five acres of dry land,...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust flooding,  a lot of water but little trouble</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-flooding-a-lot-of-water-but-little-trouble</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-flooding-a-lot-of-water-but-little-trouble</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; July 2, 2010 &ndash; If flooding projections hold true, this week&rsquo;s flooding on the Great Ape Trust campus will bring more inconvenience than damage to the scientific research facility in southeast Des Moines.&nbsp;...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust staff and apes  prepared for flooding</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-staff-and-apes-prepared-for-flooding</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-staff-and-apes-prepared-for-flooding</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; June 30, 2010 &ndash; The bonobos call it &ldquo;big water&rdquo; and this time they&rsquo;re ready for it.&nbsp; For the second time in two years, the campus of Great Ape Trust will see floodwaters.&nbsp; Levels this week,...]]></description></item><item><title>Aipperspach to step down from  Great Ape Trust, join board of directors</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/aipperspach-to-step-down-from-great-ape-trust-join-board-of-directors</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/aipperspach-to-step-down-from-great-ape-trust-join-board-of-directors</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; June 11, 2010 &ndash; The operations director of Great Ape Trust, Jim Aipperspach, will resign later this month and join the board of directors of the Des Moines-based scientific research organization. Aipperspach&rsquo;s...]]></description></item><item><title>Rare Bonobo Born at Great Ape Trust</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rare-bonobo-born-at-great-ape-trust</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rare-bonobo-born-at-great-ape-trust</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; June 3, 2010 &ndash; A rare bonobo (Pan paniscus) has been born at Great Ape Trust, the scientific research facility in Des Moines that studies ape language, behavior and culture.&nbsp; Following 72 hours of labor, the male...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust bonobos get fit</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-bonobos-get-fit</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-bonobos-get-fit</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; May 28, 2010 &ndash; Anyone who has ever struggled with weight gain knows the challenges of trying to shed a few pounds, particularly as we grow older.&nbsp; Food is an important part of our culture and the sharing of it...]]></description></item><item><title>Sara Gruen&#039;s novel will help secure Great Ape Trust&#039;s place in ape language history</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/sara-gruen-s-novel-will-help-secure-great-ape-trust-s-place-in-ape-language-history</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/sara-gruen-s-novel-will-help-secure-great-ape-trust-s-place-in-ape-language-history</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; May 11, 2010 &ndash; A scientist whose breakthrough language studies with Kanzi and other bonobos expects bestselling author Sara Gruen&rsquo;s soon-to-be released fourth novel, Ape House, to help secure Great Ape...]]></description></item><item><title>Radia Joins Great Ape Trust Board of Directors</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/radia-joins-great-ape-trust-board-of-directors</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/radia-joins-great-ape-trust-board-of-directors</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; May 10, 2010 &ndash; Officials with Great Ape Trust have announced that Suku Radia has joined the board of directors of the Des Moines-based scientific research center committed to the study of ape language and culture as...]]></description></item><item><title>Rwanda official, Great Ape Trust founder sign MOU moving Forest of Hope forward</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rwanda-official-great-ape-trust-founder-sign-mou-moving-forest-of-hope-forward</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rwanda-official-great-ape-trust-founder-sign-mou-moving-forest-of-hope-forward</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A memorandum of understanding signed this week by Rwanda&rsquo;s environmental minister moves the Forest of Hope &ndash; Great Ape Trust and Earthpark&rsquo;s ambitious conservation project benefitting biodiversity, climate and the welfare of...]]></description></item><item><title>Another baby born to threatened chimpanzees in RwandaâEUR(TM)s Gishwati Forest</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/another-baby-born-to-threatened-chimpanzees-in-rwanda-s-gishwati-forest</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/another-baby-born-to-threatened-chimpanzees-in-rwanda-s-gishwati-forest</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For the second time in a year, a chimpanzee has been born to a small population of apes on the brink of extinction in a tiny pocket of Rwandan rain forest. During field studies last week, scientists with the Gishwati Area Conservation Program (GACP)...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust, Buena Vista University alliance moves ape language to next level</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-buena-vista-university-alliance-moves-ape-language-to-next-level</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-buena-vista-university-alliance-moves-ape-language-to-next-level</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; March 4, 2010 &ndash; Forty years ago, native Iowan Dr. Duane Rumbaugh&rsquo;s decision to use computer interfaces instead of American Sign Language to communicate with primates forged new frontiers in the study of ape...]]></description></item><item><title>If bonobo Kanzi can point as humans do, what other similarities can rearing reveal?</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/if-bonobo-kanzi-can-point-as-humans-do-what-other-similarities-can-rearing-reveal</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/if-bonobo-kanzi-can-point-as-humans-do-what-other-similarities-can-rearing-reveal</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[You may have more in common with Kanzi, Panbanisha and Nyota, three language-competent bonobos living at Great Ape Trust, than you thought. And those similarities, right at your fingertip, might one day tell scientists more about the effect of...]]></description></item><item><title>Rwanda to host World Environment Day;  Forest of Hope among green initiatives cited</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rwanda-to-host-world-environment-day-forest-of-hope-among-green-initiatives-cited</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rwanda-to-host-world-environment-day-forest-of-hope-among-green-initiatives-cited</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; February 23, 2010 &ndash; Rwanda&rsquo;s commitment to a green economy and the environment, including support for the Gishwati Area Conservation Program, led the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to select the...]]></description></item><item><title>Simpson College students to study bonobo research at Great Ape Trust</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/simpson-college-students-to-study-bonobo-research-at-great-ape-trust</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/simpson-college-students-to-study-bonobo-research-at-great-ape-trust</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; February 4, 2010 &ndash; Simpson College students will have the opportunity to study bonobos at Great Ape Trust and contribute to The Trust&rsquo;s breakthrough language research under a partnership agreement announced today...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust asks federal court to resolve  longstanding bonobo ownership issue</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-asks-federal-court-to-resolve-longstanding-bonobo-ownership-issue</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-asks-federal-court-to-resolve-longstanding-bonobo-ownership-issue</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, IA &ndash; February 9, 2010 &ndash; Great Ape Trust, a scientific research center in Des Moines has filed federal court documents seeking resolution to the contested ownership of two of its bonobo chimpanzees.&nbsp; At stake is where...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust restructuring shifts focus to bonobo research, Rwanda conservation</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-restructuring-shifts-focus-to-bonobo-research-rwanda-conservation</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-restructuring-shifts-focus-to-bonobo-research-rwanda-conservation</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; January 28, 2010 &ndash; Reorganization at Great Ape Trust is sharpening the scientific research institute&rsquo;s focus on two priority areas, language research with a colony of six bonobos and a landmark effort to conserve...]]></description></item><item><title>Now 40, Great Ape Trust bonobo matriarch Matata leads quiet life of dignity with family</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/now-40-great-ape-trust-bonobo-matriarch-matata-leads-quiet-life-of-dignity-with-family</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/now-40-great-ape-trust-bonobo-matriarch-matata-leads-quiet-life-of-dignity-with-family</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; January 28, 2010 &ndash; Her exact birth date is unknown, but every year around Jan. 1, the bonobo research and caretaker staffs at Great Ape Trust pause to honor the birth of Matata, the matriarch of the bonobo family...]]></description></item><item><title>Researchers getting the poop on poop</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/researchers-getting-the-poop-on-poop</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/researchers-getting-the-poop-on-poop</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; January 27, 2010 &ndash; When researchers studying the 14 chimpanzees isolated in the Gishwati National Conservation Park wanted to know more about their ecology than they could glean through observation, they looked to the...]]></description></item><item><title>Rwanda&#039;s Forest of Hope to expand by 21 percent, begin corridor for endangered chimpanzees</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rwanda-s-forest-of-hope-to-expand-by-21-percent-begin-corridor-for-endangered-chimpanzees</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rwanda-s-forest-of-hope-to-expand-by-21-percent-begin-corridor-for-endangered-chimpanzees</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &acirc;&#128;&#147; January 27, 2010 &acirc;&#128;&#147; Efforts will begin this year to expand the Gishwati National Conservation Park in Rwanda by 21 percent and begin the development of a 30-mile (50 km) forest corridor to...]]></description></item><item><title>&#039;Forest of Hope&#039; teaches Rwandan youths about great ape conservation</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/forest-of-hope-teaches-rwandan-youths-about-great-ape-conservation</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/forest-of-hope-teaches-rwandan-youths-about-great-ape-conservation</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; June 17, 2009 &ndash; If they listen closely from their classroom near the edge of Rwanda&rsquo;s Gishwati Forest, the children at Kinihira Primary School can hear the vocalizations of a small population of chimpanzees...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust marks recovery on one-year anniversary of record Floods of 2008</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-marks-recovery-on-one-year-anniversary-of-record-floods-of-2008</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-marks-recovery-on-one-year-anniversary-of-record-floods-of-2008</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; June 17, 2009 &ndash; A year after floodwaters swamped Great Ape Trust, life at the southeast Des Moines scientific research institute is returning to normal &ndash; albeit a normality redefined by the lessons and realities...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust marks milestone as first student conducting research earns Ph.D.</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-marks-milestone-as-first-student-conducting-research-earns-ph-d</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-marks-milestone-as-first-student-conducting-research-earns-ph-d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; June 17, 2009 &ndash; Great Ape Trust marked another milestone when the first doctorate degree was conferred on a student conducting dissertation research at the scientific research facility in southeast Des Moines studying...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust visits offer &#039;unforgettable experiences&#039;</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-visits-offer-unforgettable-experiences</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-visits-offer-unforgettable-experiences</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; June 17, 2009 &ndash; Clara Jane Thompson, 9, didn&rsquo;t want to scare the bonobos and orangutans when she visited Great Ape Trust on May 30, so she dressed completely in brown and asked her grandmother to pin her hair in...]]></description></item><item><title>Forest of Hope Attracts Researchers</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/forest-of-hope-attracts-researchers</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/forest-of-hope-attracts-researchers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Written by Dr. Benjamin Beck, director of the Gishwati Area Conservation Program and director of conservation at Great Ape Trust. 
The Gishwati Forest Reserve in western Rwanda has only 3,665 acres, in various stages of growth. The Great Ape Trust...]]></description></item><item><title>Nathan 2000 - 20009</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/nathan-2000-20009</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/nathan-2000-20009</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; May 16, 2009 &ndash; Nathan, an 8-year-old bonobo (Pan paniscus) living at Great Ape Trust, died Friday after a veterinary medical team at Iowa State University&rsquo;s Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center in Ames diagnosed him...]]></description></item><item><title>RumbaughâEUR(TM)s theory of rational behaviorism and emergents links positions of Wilson, Skinner</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rumbaugh-s-theory-of-rational-behaviorism-and-emergents-links-positions-of-wilson-skinner</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rumbaugh-s-theory-of-rational-behaviorism-and-emergents-links-positions-of-wilson-skinner</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; April 29, 2009 &ndash; When Dr. Paul Naour was looking for a conclusion to his book detailing a previously unknown 1987 tape recording of a conversation regarding human behavior between theorists E.O. Wilson and B.F....]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust connects youths in Ankeny, Rwanda</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-connects-youths-in-ankeny-rwanda</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-connects-youths-in-ankeny-rwanda</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; April 29, 2009 &ndash; Students at an Ankeny, Iowa, elementary school are offering an international hand of friendship to youngsters in Rwanda after hearing a presentation by Great Ape Trust&rsquo;s Peter Clay, whose recent...]]></description></item><item><title>Swartz highlights Great Ape Trust&#039;s cognitive research in guest lecture</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/swartz-highlights-great-ape-trust-s-cognitive-research-in-guest-lecture</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/swartz-highlights-great-ape-trust-s-cognitive-research-in-guest-lecture</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; April 29, 2009 &ndash; Students at a private college in North Carolina learned first-hand about Great Ape Trust&rsquo;s &ldquo;insights through collaborations with apes.&rdquo;
Great Ape Trust scientist Dr. Karyl Swartz was...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust a partner in UN-backed ape conservation, survival effort</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-a-partner-in-un-backed-ape-conservation-survival-effort</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-a-partner-in-un-backed-ape-conservation-survival-effort</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; March 31, 2009 &ndash; Great Ape Trust has been accepted as an international partner in the Great Ape Survival Project (GRASP), an international conservation effort to reduce the loss of tropical rainforest by 2010 and...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust prominently featured at Iowa Academy of Science meeting</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-prominently-featured-at-iowa-academy-of-science-meeting</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-prominently-featured-at-iowa-academy-of-science-meeting</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; March 30, 2009 &ndash; Great Ape Trust scientists and students will be featured in four back-to-back presentations when the Iowa Academy of Science convenes its 121st annual meeting April 17-18 at Des Moines...]]></description></item><item><title>Science Circle focuses on disciplines touched by research trajectory</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/science-circle-focuses-on-disciplines-touched-by-research-trajectory</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/science-circle-focuses-on-disciplines-touched-by-research-trajectory</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; March 30, 2009 &ndash; Once a month, scientists from across Iowa get together to discuss the latest developments in ape research &ndash; Great Ape Trust&rsquo;s breakthrough ape language and cognition research, as well as...]]></description></item><item><title>Rwanda&#039;s &#039;Forest of Hope&#039; has a pristine heart</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rwanda-s-forest-of-hope-has-a-pristine-heart</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/rwanda-s-forest-of-hope-has-a-pristine-heart</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; March 30, 2009 &ndash; The forest is secure, and the chimpanzees are safe. Four eco-guards have been hired, outfitted and equipped, and they&rsquo;re now monitoring activity in the Gishwati Forest, where Great Ape Trust is...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust moves 2009 Membership Days to Saturdays, expands experience to children</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-moves-2009-membership-days-to-saturdays-expands-experience-to-children</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-moves-2009-membership-days-to-saturdays-expands-experience-to-children</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; March 17, 2009 &ndash; Under new Great Ape Trust membership policies announced today, more visitors will have the chance to experience the amazement of visitors like Kathi Sircy when she saw the world-famous bonobo Kanzi ace...]]></description></item><item><title>Savage-Rumbaugh lectures at Templeton Foundation symposium in South Africa</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/savage-rumbaugh-lectures-at-templeton-foundation-symposium-in-south-africa</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/savage-rumbaugh-lectures-at-templeton-foundation-symposium-in-south-africa</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; February 26, 2009 &ndash; Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, a scientist with special standing at Great Ape Trust of Iowa, was among a prestigious group of scientists invited to present at a recent John Templeton Foundation symposium...]]></description></item><item><title>Tragedy in Connecticut makes case against apes as pets or surrogate children</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/tragedy-in-connecticut-makes-case-against-apes-as-pets-or-surrogate-children</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/tragedy-in-connecticut-makes-case-against-apes-as-pets-or-surrogate-children</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; February 26, 2009 &ndash; A Great Ape Trust of Iowa scientist says the Feb. 17 tragedy that left a Stamford, Conn., woman critically injured and a chimpanzee dead reinforces the lesson that great apes are not pets or...]]></description></item><item><title>Visiting Great Ape Trust to be easier in 2009</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/visiting-great-ape-trust-to-be-easier-in-2009</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/visiting-great-ape-trust-to-be-easier-in-2009</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; February 26, 2009 &ndash; Visiting&nbsp;Azy and Kanzi is about to get easier - and you can thank the Floods of '08 for it.&nbsp;&nbsp; As many people throughout Iowa and&nbsp;across the country can attest, getting...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust scientists congratulate ISU colleague on returning Fongoli chimp to mother</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientists-congratulate-isu-colleague-on-returning-fongoli-chimp-to-mother</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientists-congratulate-isu-colleague-on-returning-fongoli-chimp-to-mother</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; February 25, 2009 &ndash; Aimee, a 9-month-old savanna chimpanzee rescued from the illegal pet trade in Senegal, has been reunited with her mother and an Iowa State University anthropologist is back home counting the things...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape TrustâEUR(TM)s Wich co-edits book expanding field data available on orangutans</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-s-wich-co-edits-book-expanding-field-data-available-on-orangutans</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-s-wich-co-edits-book-expanding-field-data-available-on-orangutans</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; January 29, 2009 &ndash; Great Ape Trust of Iowa scientist Dr. Serge Wich and three other internationally respected orangutan experts have edited a book set for release in the United States next month that, for the first...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust scientists invited to lecture at prestigious Berlin Behavioral Biology Symposium</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientists-invited-to-lecture-at-prestigious-berlin-behavioral-biology-symposium</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientists-invited-to-lecture-at-prestigious-berlin-behavioral-biology-symposium</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; January 29, 2009 &ndash; The inclusion of two Great Ape Trust of Iowa scientists in a prestigious symposium on behavioral biology in Berlin next spring is a signal that scientists may be reversing a long-held position that...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape TrustâEUR(TM)s conservation commitment to save wild apes and habitat eclipses $500,000</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-s-conservation-commitment-to-save-wild-apes-and-habitat-eclipses-500-000</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-s-conservation-commitment-to-save-wild-apes-and-habitat-eclipses-500-000</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; January 29, 2009 &ndash; Great Ape Trust of Iowa officials are reporting another round of conservation grants totaling nearly $84,000, bringing to more than $540,000 the amount invested over four years to conserve wild apes...]]></description></item><item><title>Area students recycle cell phones to help wild great apes</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/area-students-recycle-cell-phones-to-help-wild-great-apes</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/area-students-recycle-cell-phones-to-help-wild-great-apes</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; December 17, 2008 &ndash; Students at several central Iowa school districts and Des Moines Area Community College are collecting used cellular phones and accessories to help Great Ape Trust of Iowa-supported conservation...]]></description></item><item><title>Orangutan&#039;s spontaneous whistling opens new chapter in study of evolution of speech</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/orangutan-s-spontaneous-whistling-opens-new-chapter-in-study-of-evolution-of-speech</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/orangutan-s-spontaneous-whistling-opens-new-chapter-in-study-of-evolution-of-speech</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; December 10, 2008 &ndash; Throughout history, human beings have used the whistle for everything from hailing a cab to carrying a tune. Now, an orangutan&rsquo;s spontaneous whistling is providing scientists at Great Ape...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust&#039;s apes raise nearly $14,000 for effort to conserve wild apes&#039; habitat</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-s-apes-raise-nearly-14-000-for-effort-to-conserve-wild-apes-habitat</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-s-apes-raise-nearly-14-000-for-effort-to-conserve-wild-apes-habitat</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; December 2, 2008 &ndash; From half a world away, a few artistic bonobos and orangutans living in Des Moines, Iowa, have raised nearly $14,000 to support conservation efforts increasing the chances of survival for endangered...]]></description></item><item><title>Shumaker joins distinguished group at symposium in Japan</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/shumaker-joins-distinguished-group-at-symposium-in-japan</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/shumaker-joins-distinguished-group-at-symposium-in-japan</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; November 25, 2008 &ndash; Dr. Rob Shumaker, director of orangutan research at Great Ape Trust, was an invited speaker at an international symposium, Primate Origins of Human Evolution, held Nov. 15-18 in Tokyo, Japan.
In his...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust scientist honored with conservation award</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientist-honored-with-conservation-award</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-scientist-honored-with-conservation-award</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; A scientist at Great Ape Trust of Iowa and one of the world&rsquo;s leading experts on orangutans and their habitat has been honored with a prestigious conservation award by the Wisconsin National Primate Research...]]></description></item><item><title>Dr. Karyl Swartz leads mentoring session with ISU women studying science</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/dr-karyl-swartz-leads-mentoring-session-with-isu-women-studying-science</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/dr-karyl-swartz-leads-mentoring-session-with-isu-women-studying-science</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; November 24, 2008 &ndash; Narrowing their focus to a specific topic for scientific research is the best way for students to prepare for a career working with great apes, Dr. Karyl Swartz, a scientist at Great Ape Trust of...]]></description></item><item><title>The bonobo Kanzi titles his paintings, giving researchers more insight into his intelligence</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/the-bonobo-kanzi-titles-his-paintings-giving-researchers-more-insight-into-his-intelligence</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/the-bonobo-kanzi-titles-his-paintings-giving-researchers-more-insight-into-his-intelligence</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ 
Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; November 13, 2008 &ndash; A prolific participant in the 2008 Apes Helping Apes art exhibit, the bonobo (Pan paniscus) Kanzi gave a special distinction to his four paintings in the Nov. 14-29 event to raise money for wild...]]></description></item><item><title>Play time results in bonobo dental work</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/play-time-results-in-bonobo-dental-work</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/play-time-results-in-bonobo-dental-work</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; October 31, 2008 &ndash; Every kid growing up has heard it: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s always fun until someone gets hurt.&rdquo; That was the case this week when Nyota, a 10-year-old bonobo at Great Ape Trust of Iowa, suffered a...]]></description></item><item><title>Wait is over as orangutans explore outdoor yard</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/wait-is-over-as-orangutans-explore-outdoor-yard</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/wait-is-over-as-orangutans-explore-outdoor-yard</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; October 30, 2008 &ndash; It&rsquo;s been more than a year in coming, but Great Ape Trust of Iowa&rsquo;s resident orangutans are making the most of the warm autumn days that remain before winter gets an icy grip on Iowa and...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Ape Trust develops Web site study guide for teachers</title><link>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-develops-web-site-study-guide-for-teachers</link><guid>http://www.greatapetrust.org/media-center/news-releases/great-ape-trust-develops-web-site-study-guide-for-teachers</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa &ndash; October 30, 2008 &ndash; Great Ape Trust of Iowa unveiled a new electronic study guide for Iowa science educators during fall conference the Iowa Science Teachers Section of the Iowa Academy of Science, held Oct. 23 in Des...]]></description></item></channel></rss>
