05 Jan Podcast: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a national park in southwest Uganda that is home to nearly half the world’s population of endangered mountain gorillas. ...
22 Dec Champions of the Earth: The Ugandan vet protecting people and wildlife
Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka this year’s Champion of the Earth for Science and Innovation, has spent three decades helping to safeguard some of the world’s rarest primates, including endangered mountain gorillas. ...
18 Dec Women sweep UN’s 2021 ‘Champions of the Earth’ awards
A Caribbean-based prime minister, a scientist, a group of indigenous women, and an entrepreneur were announced on Tuesday as this year’s winners of the United Nations’ Champions of the Earth awards....
18 Dec A new veterinarian joins the WHO advisory group on new pathogens
Ugandan Gladys Kalema Zikusoka joins veterinarians Jean-Claude Manuguerra, Marion Koopmans and Abdullah Assiri ...
16 Dec Q&A: Uganda’s first wildlife vet wants to change world
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14 Dec Uganda’s ‘Dr. Gladys’ honored by U.N. for work linking conservation and health
Years before the obsession with wild-borne pathogens latching onto humans gripped the world, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka was already dealing with disease spillovers. Except, she worried about humans infecting gorillas in her native Uganda....