Insect medication in chimpanzees:

• September 2024, National Geographic online: 5 clever animals that treat and prevent their own illnesses
• June 2023, Podcast for children on Deutschlandfunk Kultur with Simone Pika: What do wild animals do when they are sick?
• September 2022, National Geographic Magazine: Die Ärzte des Waldes
• March 8, 2022, Scientific American: Chimps apply insects to their wounds
• February 23, 2022, Ecoflix "The Pulse": TV spot with Simone Pika reporting about the latest research on insect medication in chimpanzees
• February 15, 2022, The Naked Scientists: Chimpanzees apply insects to their wounds, Interview with Simone Pika and Lara Southern
• February 10, 2022, OS-Radio 104,8: Interview with Simone Pika
• February 9, 2022, The World: Interview with Simone Pika
• February 9, 2022, CBC Radio: Chimpanzees may use insects as medicine to treat wounds, study finds
• February 8, 2022, The Guardian: Chimpanzees observed treating wounds of others, using crushed insects
• February 8, 2022, Universität Osnabrück: Schimpansen verarzten offene Wunden mit Insekten
• February 8, 2022, CNN: Chimpanzees apply 'medicine' to each others' wounds in a possible show of empathy
• February 8, 2022, Süddeutsche Zeitung: Wie Affen Wunden verarzten and Beim Affendoktor
• February 8, 2022, Le Parisien: Des chimpanzés se soigneraient avec des insectes
• February 8, 2022, Trouw: Chimpansees doen aan wondbehandeling
• February 7, 2022, New Scientist: Chimpanzees spotted apparently using insects to treat their wounds
• Februar 7, 2022, Die Welt: Die Heilkraft von Doktor Affe
• February 7, 2022, Ars Technica, Video: Watch this mama chimp treat her son’s open wound by applying insect “poultice”

• February 7, 2022, de Volkskrant: Geneeskunde in het dierenrijk? Chimpansees smeren wonden in met geplette insecten

Lethal Interactions between chimpanzees and gorillas:

• October 2021, Welt am Sonntag: Aggressive Schimpansen
• August 2021, Interview with Lara Southern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y17G27Uq55c
• August 11, 2021, Deutschlandfunk, Radio Report: Erstmals tödliche Schimpansen-Attacken auf Gorillas beobachtet
• August 6, 2021, Welt: Schimpansen greifen Gorillas an und töten sie
• August 2021, NDR radio coverage: Angriff von Schimpansen auf Gorillas
• August 2021, Metro World News: Climate change could be behind lethal chimpanzee attacks on gorillas
• July 20, 2021, Spiegel.de: Mord im Tierreich: Erstmals tödliche Angriffe von Schimpansen auf Gorillas beobachtet
• July 19, 2021, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft: Erstmals tödlicher Angriff von Schimpansen auf Gorillas beobachtet
• July 19, 2021, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft: First lethal attacks by chimpanzees on gorillas observed

Our raven study:

• April 2021, Science Journal for Kids and Teens: How do ravens' thinking skills compare with apes?
• April 2021, Labor Journal: Über die Intelligenz von Rabenvögeln: Auf Augenhöhe
• January 11, 2021, Ethologisch.de: Kolkraben glänzen beim "Intelligenztest" für Affen
• January 5, 2021, MyModernMet.com: Study Finds That 4-Month-Old Ravens Are as Intelligent as Adult Apes
• December 18, 2020, Süddeutsche Zeitung: Junge Raben sind schnell so klug wie Menschenaffen
• December 15, 2020, Smithsonian Magazine: Four-month-old ravens rival adult great apes in a battle of the brains
• December 14, 2020, National Geographic: Ravens are as smart as chimps, a study reveals
• December 10, 2020, Scientific American: Young Ravens Rival Adult Chimps in a Big Test of General Intelligence
• December 10, 2020, IFL Science: Four-Month-Old Ravens Can Be As Smart As Adult Apes, Cognitive Tests Shows
• December 10, 2020, Mail Online: Not so bird-brained after all: Baby ravens pick up in four months skills that great apes take a lifetime to learn
• December 10, 2020, Universität Osnabrück: Clever and Smart: Ravens are on par with Great Apes in cognitive performance
• December 10, 2020, Universität Osnabrück: Clever und smart: Rabenvögel ziehen beim Hütchenspiel mit Menschenaffen gleich
• November 8, 2020, Sonntagsblick: Rabenvögel: Schauerlich, aber schlau

Other press releases:

• January 2025, New York Times: Mother Chimp and Daughter Share a Special Sign
• October 18, 2024, Dutch News: Dutch scientist discovers chimps invent their own sign language
• August 2024, NOZ plus: "50 Jahre Uni Osnabrück: 10 Professoren, die man kennen sollte"
• April 2024, ZDF Terra X "Faszination Erde: Gabun - Afrikas letztes Paradies?
• October 2023, Nature: Menopausal chimpanzees deepen the mystery of why women stop reproducing
• October 2023, Broadcast "Wissen aktuell" from ORF Sound: Dr. Tobias Deschner talks about the menopause in wild chimpanzees.
• November 2022, Interview with RBB Radioeins: Simone Pika talks about the intelligence of ravens
• July 2022, University Münster online Newsportal: Research for kids "Vom Lernen zum Forschen", elementary school student Marlene Keeb presents her work on chimpanzees in the Loango National Park, Gabon, further information: here
• September 25, 2021, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung: Interview zu Raben mit Simone Pika
• April 10, 2021, New Scientist: Clever creatures by David Robson
• March 2021, Dein Spiegel: Artikel über Dr. Tobias Deschner, Direktor des Loango Schimpansenprojektes in Gabun: "Im Dschungel tragen wir Maske"
• February 28, 2021, Welt am Sonntag: Große Gesten
• May 23, 2019, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft: Tortoises on the menu
• April 10, 2019, Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie: Attention skills in a nonhuman cooperative breeding species
• January 1, 2019, Universität Osnabrück: Neu an der Uni: Prof. Dr. Simone Pika
• September 13, 2018, Der Tagesspiegel: Der Dichter als Evoluzzer: Raoul Schrott beim Literaturfestival
• September 5, 2018, dichterlesen.net:  Die Entstehung von Bewusstsein im Tierreich