Lou Grossfeldt

In Our Primate Family, Lou Grossfeldt writes about her love of and work with primates. I have known and admired Lou since 2008 when I first visited the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, where she has worked as a primate keeper for much of her life. When I visit Australia, I always look forward to spending time with Lou and...

Amanka is a word from one of the languages used by people living in the rural north west of Uganda. It's a beautiful, rich word that means "family". Yet, in the forests and villages of this part of Uganda—and across much of tropical Africa and Asia—families are at war. In the narrowing margins between forest and farm, human and non-human,...