Taï Chimpanzee Project
@taichimpproject.bsky.social
Research on and conservation of wild chimpanzees in the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, since 1979.
www.taichimpproject.org
www.taichimpproject.org
Day 1 of 5 days of quarantine. Looking forward to seeing the chimpanzees soon.
November 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Day 1 of 5 days of quarantine. Looking forward to seeing the chimpanzees soon.
Today, we are travelling from Guiglo to Taï and hopefully enter the forest to start quarantine. The piste is in a horrible state, and so we are stuck in traffic waiting for a big truck to be pulled out of a huge mud hole.
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Today, we are travelling from Guiglo to Taï and hopefully enter the forest to start quarantine. The piste is in a horrible state, and so we are stuck in traffic waiting for a big truck to be pulled out of a huge mud hole.
Leaving Abidjan with a full car of supplies. I started the next part of the jounry this morning. Together with Zoro, Leveda and Blanche, Sidiki and I hit the road to Soubré, for a meeting with Director of Taï National Park.
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Leaving Abidjan with a full car of supplies. I started the next part of the jounry this morning. Together with Zoro, Leveda and Blanche, Sidiki and I hit the road to Soubré, for a meeting with Director of Taï National Park.
Arrived in Abidjan with meetings at the office of the newly installed International Research Lab on Chimpanzee and Moneky Protection for Intact Cultures (short IRL 2041 ChiMP4IC - or Chimps for Ivory Coast).
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Arrived in Abidjan with meetings at the office of the newly installed International Research Lab on Chimpanzee and Moneky Protection for Intact Cultures (short IRL 2041 ChiMP4IC - or Chimps for Ivory Coast).
On the way to visit the IRL on Chimpanzee and Money Protection for Intact Cultures in Abidjan and the Taï Chimpanzee Project to see the progress we have done in the last year. Here flying out of Lyon with a sunrise over the Alpes
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
On the way to visit the IRL on Chimpanzee and Money Protection for Intact Cultures in Abidjan and the Taï Chimpanzee Project to see the progress we have done in the last year. Here flying out of Lyon with a sunrise over the Alpes
Yesterday, Mathilde Grampp defended successfully her PhD on how social complexity affects signal complexity in a comparison of wild chimpanzees and mangabies in Taï National Park. We are pleased to announce that Dr. MATHILDE GAMPP received a magna cum laude from Leipzig University. Congratulations !
November 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Yesterday, Mathilde Grampp defended successfully her PhD on how social complexity affects signal complexity in a comparison of wild chimpanzees and mangabies in Taï National Park. We are pleased to announce that Dr. MATHILDE GAMPP received a magna cum laude from Leipzig University. Congratulations !
Congratulations to Dr. Mathieu Malherbe, who successfully defended today his PhD on "Cultural variability and cultural loss in Taï chimpanzees" at the University of Leipzig. 🎉🎉🎉
October 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Mathieu Malherbe, who successfully defended today his PhD on "Cultural variability and cultural loss in Taï chimpanzees" at the University of Leipzig. 🎉🎉🎉
Jane Goodall, the first primatologist and champion of chimpanzees, we will miss you and the tireless work you have begun, to protect critically endangered chimpanzees and their habitat into the future.
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Jane Goodall, the first primatologist and champion of chimpanzees, we will miss you and the tireless work you have begun, to protect critically endangered chimpanzees and their habitat into the future.
The chimpanzees have lost their next champion. It is with deep grief that we learned about Jane Goodall passing away. R.I.P. Dr Jane
October 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The chimpanzees have lost their next champion. It is with deep grief that we learned about Jane Goodall passing away. R.I.P. Dr Jane
📢JOB alert📢
Application for the camp manager position at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social is open now. We seek a new camp manager starting on January 1, 2026, for 2+1 years (3rd year optional) working with and for wild chimpanzees in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire.👇
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/I...
Application for the camp manager position at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social is open now. We seek a new camp manager starting on January 1, 2026, for 2+1 years (3rd year optional) working with and for wild chimpanzees in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire.👇
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/I...
September 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
📢JOB alert📢
Application for the camp manager position at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social is open now. We seek a new camp manager starting on January 1, 2026, for 2+1 years (3rd year optional) working with and for wild chimpanzees in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire.👇
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/I...
Application for the camp manager position at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social is open now. We seek a new camp manager starting on January 1, 2026, for 2+1 years (3rd year optional) working with and for wild chimpanzees in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire.👇
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/I...
📢 JOB alert 📢 Soon we will advertise the position for the next camp manager at @taichimpproject.bsky.social Starting on January 1, 2026, for 2 years plus an optional 1 year prolongation. Come and join a vibrant research team in the middle of the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire. Please RT
September 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
📢 JOB alert 📢 Soon we will advertise the position for the next camp manager at @taichimpproject.bsky.social Starting on January 1, 2026, for 2 years plus an optional 1 year prolongation. Come and join a vibrant research team in the middle of the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire. Please RT
The IRL ChiMP4IC is based at the CSRS in Abidjan and presents an international platform for the research on chimpanzee and monkey behaviour and cognition with the goal to protect them and their natural habitats. It is led by Unit Director, Prof. Inza Koné and Scientific Director, Dr. Roman Wittig.
September 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The IRL ChiMP4IC is based at the CSRS in Abidjan and presents an international platform for the research on chimpanzee and monkey behaviour and cognition with the goal to protect them and their natural habitats. It is led by Unit Director, Prof. Inza Koné and Scientific Director, Dr. Roman Wittig.
The IRL is a research cooperation between the Centre Suisse de Recherche Scientifique on Côte d'Ivoire (CSRS) and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique en France (CNRS) signed on Sep 2, 2025, by Directeur General CSRS, Prof. Inza Koné, and President Directeur General CNRS, Antoine Petit.
September 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The IRL is a research cooperation between the Centre Suisse de Recherche Scientifique on Côte d'Ivoire (CSRS) and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique en France (CNRS) signed on Sep 2, 2025, by Directeur General CSRS, Prof. Inza Koné, and President Directeur General CNRS, Antoine Petit.
On Sep 2, 2025, the Internat. Research Lab on Chimpanzee and Monkey Protection for Intact Cultures (IRL ChiMP4IC) was opened by the Chief of Staff of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Côte d'Ivoire, Prof. Arsène Kobéa, and the President Director General CNRS, Antoine Petit.
September 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
On Sep 2, 2025, the Internat. Research Lab on Chimpanzee and Monkey Protection for Intact Cultures (IRL ChiMP4IC) was opened by the Chief of Staff of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Côte d'Ivoire, Prof. Arsène Kobéa, and the President Director General CNRS, Antoine Petit.
Congratulations to Auriane Le Floch, who successfully completed her viva on Wednesday, August 27, at the University of Neuchatel in a co-tutelle with University of Lyon 1. Congratulations Dr. Le Floch and best wishes for finishing the publications!
August 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Congratulations to Auriane Le Floch, who successfully completed her viva on Wednesday, August 27, at the University of Neuchatel in a co-tutelle with University of Lyon 1. Congratulations Dr. Le Floch and best wishes for finishing the publications!
Thanks to Antoine Valet and Derry Taylor the Taï Chimpanzee Project was represented at this year's International Ethological Conference in Kolkata, India. Great job ...
August 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Thanks to Antoine Valet and Derry Taylor the Taï Chimpanzee Project was represented at this year's International Ethological Conference in Kolkata, India. Great job ...
Today, Inza Kone, DG of the Centre Suisse de Recherche Scientifique en CI, and DU of the new International Research Lab on Chimpanzee and Monkey Protection for Intact Cultures, received the Ivorian National Prize of Excellence in Research. Congratulations to our collaborator and friend.
August 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Today, Inza Kone, DG of the Centre Suisse de Recherche Scientifique en CI, and DU of the new International Research Lab on Chimpanzee and Monkey Protection for Intact Cultures, received the Ivorian National Prize of Excellence in Research. Congratulations to our collaborator and friend.
Follow the money and think critically, said Pierre-Henri Gouyon during the 60 year anniversary symposium at Branféré, when he explained how the tobacco industry has manipulated public opinion through social engineering, a practice taken over by the pharma industry to plant doubt into the public.
June 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Follow the money and think critically, said Pierre-Henri Gouyon during the 60 year anniversary symposium at Branféré, when he explained how the tobacco industry has manipulated public opinion through social engineering, a practice taken over by the pharma industry to plant doubt into the public.
Thanks to Florence Levréro and @tozbu.bsky.social for two days of talks and fun at ENES in St. Etienne for the interlab meeting of the Southern France Primate Behavioural Ecology Meeting.
May 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Thanks to Florence Levréro and @tozbu.bsky.social for two days of talks and fun at ENES in St. Etienne for the interlab meeting of the Southern France Primate Behavioural Ecology Meeting.
Some first news digests regarding the new paper on call combinations and how #chimpanzees create new meaning. This is very exciting to see this finally out. Thanks to a great team.
www.sciencenews.org/article/chim...
www.sciencenews.org/article/chim...
May 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Some first news digests regarding the new paper on call combinations and how #chimpanzees create new meaning. This is very exciting to see this finally out. Thanks to a great team.
www.sciencenews.org/article/chim...
www.sciencenews.org/article/chim...
Fascinating, instructive preprint out on Conservation of Animal Cultures from the Erin Wessling team @northernlimitpt.bsky.social : Pathways from theory to practice: Applying animal cultures to conservation: osf.io/preprints/os...
May 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Fascinating, instructive preprint out on Conservation of Animal Cultures from the Erin Wessling team @northernlimitpt.bsky.social : Pathways from theory to practice: Applying animal cultures to conservation: osf.io/preprints/os...
Even retired, Gregoire will stay being an educator to the young about the need to protect the #chimpanzees in the Taï National Park and an ambassador for @taichimpproject.bsky.social
Photo right to left: Gregoire Nohon, his wife Patricia, Emma Normand (director WCF) and Roman Wittig (director TCP).
Photo right to left: Gregoire Nohon, his wife Patricia, Emma Normand (director WCF) and Roman Wittig (director TCP).
April 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Even retired, Gregoire will stay being an educator to the young about the need to protect the #chimpanzees in the Taï National Park and an ambassador for @taichimpproject.bsky.social
Photo right to left: Gregoire Nohon, his wife Patricia, Emma Normand (director WCF) and Roman Wittig (director TCP).
Photo right to left: Gregoire Nohon, his wife Patricia, Emma Normand (director WCF) and Roman Wittig (director TCP).
He started as a nanny for Lukas, son of Christophe and Hedwige. But soon he wanted to observe the chimpanzees. He became the specialist of mother - infant interactions at @taichimpproject.bsky.social. He trained many students of Christophe's and even more field assistants, before he moved to WCF.
April 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
He started as a nanny for Lukas, son of Christophe and Hedwige. But soon he wanted to observe the chimpanzees. He became the specialist of mother - infant interactions at @taichimpproject.bsky.social. He trained many students of Christophe's and even more field assistants, before he moved to WCF.
Yesterday, we celebrated Gregoire Nohon, the first field assistant of Christophe and Hedwige Boesch at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social, who retired last month after working with TCP and the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation for 41 years. He is the strongest ambassador for the #chimpanzees around the park.
April 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Yesterday, we celebrated Gregoire Nohon, the first field assistant of Christophe and Hedwige Boesch at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social, who retired last month after working with TCP and the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation for 41 years. He is the strongest ambassador for the #chimpanzees around the park.