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As apes adapt to human disturbance, their new behaviors also put them at risk: Study
By Charles Mpaka Human activities such as mining, agriculture, urbanization, damming and logging threaten the habitats of ...
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Why Relocating Orangutans Can Do More Harm Than Good
Orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Indonesia, Image via Depositphotos. Orangutans are highly intelligent and form strong attachments to their home territories. When ...
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Bornean Orangutan stock illustrations
Mammals, chromolithograph, published in 1889 Mammals: 1) Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus); 2) Red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus); 3) Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra); 4) Drill (Mandrillus ...
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Global outcry as petitioners demand no mining expansion in orangutan habitat
Nearly 200,000 people have signed a petition calling on U.K. multinational Jardine Matheson to cancel its plan to expand ...
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Kanzi, World's Smartest Bonobo Primate, Dies Without Showing Signs of Illness
Malaysia The Indonesian government managed to repatriate 11 Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) smuggled from Thailand and Malaysia. Stranded Giant Leatherback Turtle in Kupang Beach Rescued A giant ...
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Save This Species: Sumatran Orangutans
The “people of the forest” won’t live in the wild much longer if we keep chopping down their rainforest homes.
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Outcomes of orangutan wild-to-wild translocations reveal conservation and welfare risks
Sherman J, Voigt M, Ancrenaz M, Meijaard E, Oram F, Williamson EA, Russon AE, Seaman DJI, Caurant C, Byler D & Wich SA (2025) Outcomes of orangutan wild-to-wild translocations reveal conservation and ...