Pioneering primatologist in Madagascar shares decades of conservation wisdom

Mongabay
Nov 18, 2025, 4:10 pm128 ptsTrending
Patricia Wright, a pioneering primatologist who established the Centre ValBio research station in Madagascar, began her work there in 1986. As the person who first described the golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus) to Western science, her contributions led to the creation of Ranomafana National Park, now a…

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