Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Meet primatologist Kelly Stewart and learn about her fascinating career studying mountain gorillas and primate conservation.
Wild gorillas have been studied intensively since 1967, when Dian Fossey first went to Congo. Isn’t 55 years long enough? How much more is there to learn? Dr. Kelly Stewart discusses the various benefits of long-term field studies, highlighting some of the discoveries that have emerged during the decades of research on one of our closest living relatives in this episode of Lunch Break Science.
Meet primatologist Kelly Stewart and learn about her fascinating career studying mountain gorillas and primate conservation.
Wild gorillas have been studied intensively since 1967, when Dian Fossey first went to Congo. Isn’t 55 years long enough? How much more is there to learn? Dr. Kelly Stewart discusses the various benefits of long-term field studies, highlighting some of the discoveries that have emerged during the decades of research on one of our closest living relatives in this episode of Lunch Break Science.
