Articles by Tiffany Roufs

An interview with Laurel Neme about her new children's book, Orangutan Houdini When no one is looking, a gangly orangutan named Fu Manchu reaches into his mouth and pulls out…

By David Brown and Stuart Short Today’s article is coming to you from Ankarafantsika National Park in Madagascar. Our special guest today is the creature known by the common name…

For conservation initiatives around the world, community involvement is often crucial. An additional challenge is how to conserve species once their habitats have become fragmented. A primatologist in Mexico is…

A group of young children have become a catalyst in the effort to save Kibale National Park from deforestation. Children from Iruhuura Primary School in Uganda have collaborated with the…

By David Brown & Stuart Short “Does anybody know what this animal is?” asks Stuart Short as he carefully holds a small mammal up for his audience to see. Stuart is…

By David Brown & Stuart Short KERSPLASH!  Deep in the rainforests of Central Africa, a biologist sees an animal that looks like an otter dart into a stream.  It has…

By David Brown & Stuart Short If you owned a tropical island with forests and rivers and deserts and you wanted to populate it with animals that would use all…

Located in northwest Bolivia, Madidi National Park covers 19,000 square kilometres and is believed to be the most bio-diverse place in the world. The park contains over 90 species of…

Essay By Elizabeth Loudon It’s breezy. I can hear the wood planks squeak and creak as I rush down the path. The sun sits directly overhead. I approach the waterfront…