Ebola virus has wiped out a third of the population of chimps and gorillas
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 07:50
in Biology & Nature
There is a side to the Ebola crisis that, perhaps understandably, has received little media attention: the threat it poses to our nearest cousins, the great apes of Africa. At this moment in time Ebola is the single greatest threat to the survival of gorillas and chimpanzees.