Ian Redmond talks to Primate Podcast guest Dr Elodie Freymann who researches how wild chimpanzees use plants as medicine.
Elodie spent 9 months observing chimpanzees in Uganda to gather behavioral and pharmacological information on these medicinal plants, specifically on their ingestion of tree ...

Amongst the hustle and bustle of Kuala Lumpur city lies Bukit Serdang, an isolated forest, home to one of our closest living relatives.
Gibbons live in small family groups and mated pairs sing duets every morning in a coordinated fashion, but this isolated forest only has one song.
With help fr...

Civet coffee (also known as 'kopi luwak,' 'weasel coffee,' and 'cat-poo-chino') is coffee that has been partially digested by civets, nocturnal cat-like animals. Since it's rise to fame in popular media in the early 2000's, the international civet coffee market has continued to grow, and its mark...

Bonobos are unique among the great apes. They are matriarchal, welcoming to strangers, and share their food. And they resolve conflicts through the "bonobo handshake!" Film provided by Ecoflix NGO partner Friends of Bonobos

Volcanoes Safaris is the only company in the world to focus exclusively on the gorilla and chimpanzee parks of Uganda and Rwanda, a very rare and distinct type of eco-tourism.
They have had a clear vision during their 25 year journey: to develop eco tourism experiences that are sensitive to loca...

Part 2 -Another fascinating Primate Podcast with Ecoflix Head of Conservation Ian Redmond OBE.
In this second part episode Ian continues his conversation
with the amazing Adams Cassinga. A wildlife criminal investigator, wildlife activist, permaculturist and writer. Adams is currently involved...

Part 1 -Another fascinating Primate Podcast with Ecoflix Head of Conservation Ian Redmond OBE.
In this episode Ian speaks with Adams Cassinga. A wildlife criminal investigator, wildlife activist, permaculturist and writer. From Civil War to the mining industry, private jets and a reawakening,...

Chimp Haven in Louisiana is the main home for chimpanzees retired from U.S Government bio-medical research facilities with six large forested areas, the animals are able to live their best chimp life. Meet the characters and the people who care for and love them.

With Dame Jane Goodall, Dr. Rave...

Alex joins primatologist Maz on a mission to spot one of the world's strangest looking primates - the famous proboscis monkey

An afternoon spent with the famous gorilla who knows sign language, and the scientist who taught her how to "talk". One of the first words that Koko used to describe herself was Queen. The gorilla was only a few years old when she first made the gesture-sweeping a paw diagonally across her chest ...

In 2001, Robin Williams visited Koko at her home in Woodside. It was a cheerful encounter for both, and Koko treasured it for the rest of her life. The meeting took place about 6 months after Koko’s foster brother, Michael, passed away of cardiomyopathy — and it turned out to be the first time ...

Efforts at Uganda's Bwindi National Park to prevent transmission of the Covid virus from humans to the park's population of Mountain Gorillas

Hanabiko "Koko" (July 4, 1971 – June 19, 2018) was a female western lowland gorilla. Koko was born in San Francisco Zoo, and lived most of her life at The Gorilla Foundation's preserve in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The name "Hanabiko" is of Japanese origin and is a reference to her date of birth, ...

Niall McCann talks to Jenny Desmond - a conservationist and wildlife activist. Jenny & her husband Jimmy run a sanctuary for rescue Chimpanzees in Liberia, west Africa - they have dedicated their lives to the rehabilitation of humankind's closest relative

8 November 2021

Kate visits Born Free's large monkey sanctuary in Texas.
Dr Liz Tyson explains the sanctuary's focus on primate conservation and rehabilitation

Filmed by Ian Redmond at the Volcanos National Park in Rwanda