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Every two years, an excited crowd of the world's foremost primatologists emerge from distant jungles and lonely labs, and gather together to powwow about the state of their charges. Unfortunately, the news is not always good. Last month, the results of this biennial conversation were published in the 2006...
One major problem is habitat erosion. In Vietnam, for example, which is home to four of the 25 most endangered species, habitat loss as a result of development and persistent hunting for food, medicine and animal skins has reduced the populations of species like the golden-headed langur from thousands...
Therein lies another major problem: Carrying out extensive surveys on animals that have learned to hide from humans isn't cheap. Though the conservation movement in Vietnam isn't exactly red-hot, scientists don't have the cold hard cash to fund one either. Local conservation groups can't afford...
How did Peterson achieve this consensus? By buying off the reform factions. California Representative Dennis Cardoza and the fruit-and-vegetable lobby agreed to support the bill once Peterson threw $1.6 billion at specialty crops. He added $4.7 billion for nutrition, $4.5 billion for conservation and $100 million for black...
How long can you hold it in? “Urinetown: The Musical,” the story of a city where people have to pay to pee, will be performed at the Adams Pool Theatre starting Nov. 2. We caught up with some of the show’s...