Where We Work

Our Field Research

While members of our laboratory are engaged in research at numerous localities, our long-term projects are centered around three main field sites:

rwanda - volcanoes national park

Our research in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park encompasses developmental studies of Virunga mountain gorillas monitored by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International’s Karisoke Research Center and studies of a naturally accumulated skeletal collection established by the Mountain Gorilla Skeletal Project. This work is a long-term collaboration with the Rwanda Development Board’s Department of Tourism and Conservation, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, Gorilla Doctors, Institute of National Museums of Rwanda, and other contributors.

uganda - bwindi impenetrable national park

Our research in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park encompasses developmental studies of mountain gorillas monitored by the Max Planck Institute’s Bwindi Gorilla Project and studies of a naturally accumulated skeletal collection established by the Mountain Gorilla Skeletal Project. This work is a long-term collaboration with the Uganda Wildlife Authority, Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Gorilla Doctors, and other contributors.

kenya - amboseli national park

Our research in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park examines responses to environmental change as observed in a naturally accumulated skeletal collection of baboons that were focus of long-term study in life by the Amboseli Baboon Research Project. This research is a collaboration with the Amboseli Baboon Research Project, National Museums of Kenya- Nairobi, Kenya Wildlife Authority, Institute of Primate Research, University of Nairobi, University of North Georgia, and other contributors.