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Media Coverage


Dr. Bolt's research is of broad interest to the general public and has received international media attention, with coverage by news agencies including National Geographic, Reuters, the UK's Daily Mail, Science Daily, Tech Explorist, Mirage News, and The Cleveland American.

Media Coverage of Research:

Deforestation changes social behavior in monkeys.

Primate adaptability showcased as monkeys navigate deforested landscapes.

Monkeys in Central America are changing their behavior due to deforestation.

Conservation value of field research stations grossly misunderstood and underfunded, scientists say.

Study sheds light on solitary life of male primates.

Deforestation clips howler monkey calls, study finds.

Deforestation is changing the way monkeys communicate.

Study finds deforestation is changing animal communication.

Save the plants, save the planet.

Plants faring worse than monkeys in increasingly patchy forests in Costa Rica.

We are beginning to decode ring-tailed lemur language.

Lemurs offer vocal cues to human socialization.

How to speak lemur: researchers decode the strange grunts and hums of the chatty mammals.

University Press Releases:

U of T primatologist finds monkeys alter social behaviour to adapt to deforestation effects.

Study sheds light on the solitary life of male primates.

Study finds deforestation is changing animal communication.

Plants faring worse than monkeys in increasingly patchy forests of Costa Rica.

Social call: UTM researcher decodes the secret language of ring-tailed lemurs.

Media where Dr. Bolt provides expert commentary:

Primate Pursuits, Concordia University

PETA wants cake, not Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day

Thai hippo Moo Deng's viral videos are impactful, but could lead to misconceptions about the threatened species: Toronto expert

Chimpanzee moms play with their kids - even when they're hungry and tired.

Cooperation may be as inherent to human nature as conflict. Just look at bonobos.

When this orangutan got roughed up, he treated his wound with a medicinal plant