Photo: Chimps 90 Percent Gone in a "Final Stronghold"

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A young chimpanzee is shown in Côte d'Ivoire's Taï National Park in an undated photo.

The West African chimpanzee subspecies has seen its numbers fall by 90 percent in Côte d'Ivoire since 1990, an October 2008 study says.

Photograph by Michael Nichols/NGS

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