Known for their distinctive red fur, orangutans are the largest arboreal mammal, spending most of their time in trees. They even build nests in trees every evening to sleep!
Ecology
Aug 20, 2018
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Chimpanzees are generally known as the ripe fruit specialist among the great apes, but also incorporate other food items such as leaves and seedpods into their diets. Savannah chimpanzees are thought to rely on these non-fruit ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 13, 2018
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Home is where the heart is, they say. But a chimpanzee's home may be where we can find the origins of the entire human species.
Plants & Animals
Jul 26, 2018
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New, higher-quality assemblies of great ape genomes have now been generated without the guidance of the human reference genome. The effort to reduce "humanizing" discovery bias in great ape genomes provides a clearer view ...
Biotechnology
Jun 7, 2018
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The highest branches of a Brazilian forest. The permanent darkness of a cave in China. The deepest place on Earth.
Plants & Animals
May 28, 2018
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Muscles once thought 'uniquely human' have been discovered in several ape species, challenging long-held theories on the origin and evolution of human soft tissues. The findings question the anthropocentric view that certain ...
Evolution
May 23, 2018
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The large and small, beautiful and bizarre are among the newly discovered animals, plants and microbes announced by the College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) as the Top 10 New Species for 2018.
Ecology
May 23, 2018
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In a new research article, a team of international researchers argue that the Tapanuli Orangutan—a species discovered last year in Sumatra, Indonesia, and one of the rarest animals on the planet—could lose its battle ...
Ecology
May 3, 2018
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A massive decade-long study of Western Equatorial Africa's gorillas and chimpanzees has uncovered both good news and bad about our nearest relatives. The good news: there are one third more western lowland gorillas and one ...
Ecology
Apr 25, 2018
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All great apes are considered severely endangered. It's possible that 100 years from now, species such as orangutans will be wiped off the planet entirely.
Ecology
Apr 9, 2018
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