USC Dornsife News

Hey, I’m Talking to You!

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:20:00 -0500

Chimps use touches and noisy gestures when trying to get another chimp's attention, finds Maureen McCarthy, a USC Dornsife graduate student conducting research in Uganda. Her research explores self-awareness in great apes.

Planet Without Apes?

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:30:00 -0500

Planet Without Apes, leading primatologist Craig Stanford of USC Dornsife demands that we consider whether we can live with the consequences of wiping our closest relatives off the face of the Earth. Portrait photo by Philip Channing." title="In his latest book, Planet Without Apes, leading primatologist Craig Stanford of USC Dornsife demands that we consider whether we can live with the consequences of wiping our closest relatives off the face of the Earth. Portrait photo by Philip Channing." /> The impending tragic extinction of the great apes does not have to happen, USC Dornsife’s Craig Stanford argues in his new book. The biologist offers some solutions that can help save the apes' existence on Earth into at least the next century.

Into the Forest

Mon, 8 Oct 2012 12:40:00 -0500

Maureen McCarthy, a USC Dornsife Ph.D. student, blogs about her yearlong research trip to Africa to study endangered chimpanzees and their shrinking habitat in fragmented forests.

The 'Tortoise' and the Snare

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:06:00 -0500

The Last Tortoise: A Tale of Extinction in Our Lifetime. Stanford photo credit Phil Channing." title="Craig Stanford focuses on one of the most threatened species on Earth in his new book, The Last Tortoise: A Tale of Extinction in Our Lifetime. Stanford photo credit Phil Channing." /> The tortoise, long revered for its pace, good looks and mobile home, may be a victim of its own success as this living fossil is in danger of disappearing. "We are at great risk of losing them all, not within our ...