What’s new in the Goualougo Triangle? DNAInfo.com shares the latest from the zoo research site, a pristine landscape home to thousands of gorillas and chimpanzees. The wild update includes a baby on the way for field scientists David Morgan and Crickette Sanz.

A camera crew spent three weeks in the Republic of Congo's remote Goualougo Triangle to film "honey pounding," a rare chimpanzee behavior studied by Lincoln Park Zoo scientists. The results will air on the Discovery Channel tonight at 9 p.m., but you can get a preview with this video!

The BBC production crew looking to document honey pounding poses with the Goualougo Triangle Ape Project field staff.

Last February, a producer and two cameramen from the Natural History unit of the British Broadcasting Corporation arrived at the Goualougo basecamp ready to shoot one of the last sequences of the six-part epic series “Africa.” Initial inquiries about filming in Goualougo had started long before, in late 2010, and now the time had finally come to get down to work and show the world why Goualougo chimpanzees and their forest home are so special.

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Ever wanted to travel to zoo research sites in Africa? Tonight, the Discovery Channel will offer an exclusive look at African wildlife—including the chimpanzees studied for the Goualougo Triangle Ape Project. Tune in to “Africa” at 7 p.m. tonight!

St. Louis Public Radio talks with Goualougo Triangle Ape Project directors David Morgan, Ph.D., and Crickette Sanz, Ph.D., about what it's like to study wild chimpanzees and gorillas in one of the most remote regions on Earth.