Highland Farm Gibbon Sanctuary

Highland Farm is a wildlife sanctuary in Mae Sot, Thailand Tak Province near the Burmese border. Highland Farm Gibbon Sanctuary rescues mistreated and/or injured gibbons and other wildlife. Many of these animals come from abusive or neglected environments. Since...

Botany is hard!

The past few weeks have been very busy as we have been trying to collect plant samples from all of the trees that the gibbons use, especially the ones that they feed in. I hope to identify the trees to species. Then our description of the habitat and food sources for...

Julia Ruppell Fulbright Scholar

Check out this youtube video posted by the U.S. Embassy Vientiane youtube channel.  Julia Ruppell talks about her research in Laos studying the ecology of the crested gibbon in Nam Kading National Protected Area. You can learn more about scholarships and exchange...

Make a donation and contribute to the cause!!

Did you notice the cool new bright green button on the right hand side of the screen? That allows you to donate to our cause.  100% of the proceeds goes to our current projects. For the next five months we’ll be focusing on: 1. Increasing reproductive success...

Research Update

What seems like a impenetrable forest is actually full of all sorts of goodies. My Lao research team seems to know how to find and make use of the abundance hidden in the depths. We have to carry all of our supplies to our campsite. Sometimes this requires hiring a...