The study of chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, started by Jane Goodall in
1960, provided pioneering accounts of chimpanzee behavior and ecology. With funding from …

Cryptosporidium is an important zoonotic parasite globally. Few studies have examined the
ecology and epidemiology of this pathogen in rural tropical systems characterized by high …

During a population decline or disease outbreak, the true risk of specific diseases to a wild
population is often difficult to determine because of a lack of baseline disease information. To …

Abstract Changes in potential regulatory elements are thought to be key drivers of phenotypic
divergence. However, identifying changes to regulatory elements that underlie human-…

We investigated Treponema pallidum infection in 8 nonhuman primate species (289 animals)
in Tanzania during 2015–2017. We used a serologic treponemal test to detect antibodies …

Domesticated animals are an important source of pathogens to endangered wildlife
populations, especially when anthropogenic activities increase their overlap with humans and …

Enteric dysbiosis is a characteristic feature of progressive human immunodeficiency virus
type 1 (HIV‐1) infection but has not been observed in simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVmac)…

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are ubiquitous within wild animal populations, yet it
remains largely unknown whether animals evolved behavioral avoidance mechanisms in …

Given the deleterious consequences associated with chronic stress, individual differences
in stress susceptibility can have important fitness implications. These differences may be …

Infectious disease outbreaks pose a significant threat to the conservation of chimpanzees (Pan
troglodytes) and all threatened nonhuman primates. Characterizing and mitigating these …