A small team of researchers at the University of Neuchatel's Institute of Biology in Switzerland has found that captive orangutans and gorillas can make economically rational decisions.
Orangutans are dependent on their mothers longer than any other non-human animal, nursing until they are at least six years old and living with her for up to three years more, learning how to find, choose, and process the ...
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The young orangutan reaches his hand through the cage and rubs his knuckles over an iPad, drawing wide colors across the screen with his favorite app.
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2012
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Baby primate Vena shyly turned her head away from a bottle as two vets tried to feed her, the latest Bornean orangutan rescued in Indonesia after being kept as a pet.
Ecology
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The evolution of the orangutan has been more heavily influenced by humans than was previously thought, new research reveals.
Ecology
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An obese orangutan has been put on a strict diet by Malaysian wildlife authorities after two decades of gorging on junk food handed out by tourists, a report said Friday.
Plants & Animals
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Life as a seed isn't easy: you need to be tough enough to deter all but the most muscular-jawed predators but no so hard that you can't germinate.
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Among great apes, orangutans are humans' most distant cousins. These tree dwellers sport a coat of fine reddish hair and have long been endangered in their native habitats in the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo in Southeast ...
Biotechnology
Jan 26, 2011
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Great ape gestures have intentional meaning and are made with the expectation of specific behavioral responses, according to Erica Cartmill and Richard Byrne from the University of St. Andrews in the UK. The study of meaning ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 17, 2010
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Chimpanzees and orangutans can experience a midlife crisis just like humans, a study suggests.
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