(Phys.org)—Researchers from the University of New South Wales and the University of Adelaide in studying fossils of Nimbadon lavarackorum, an extinct wombat-like marsupial, have concluded that the animal likely lived among ...
She is a captive bred Sumatran orangutan. He is a neuroscientist specialising in cognitive and sensory systems research. With the help of specially adapted eye tracking equipment they are hoping to explain some of the mysteries ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 27, 2012
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Chimpanzees and orangutans can experience a midlife crisis just like humans, a study suggests.
Plants & Animals
Nov 19, 2012
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(AP)—The medical team for an 8-year-old orangutan with cancer in Miami says she no longer needs to undergo chemotherapy.
Plants & Animals
Nov 13, 2012
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An endangered orangutan on Borneo island has survived after being shot more than 100 times with an air rifle, Indonesian officials said on Thursday.
Plants & Animals
Oct 25, 2012
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Sumatran orangutans have undergone a substantial recent population decline, according to a new genetic study, but the same research revealed the existence of critical corridors for dispersal migrations that, if protected, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2012
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(AP)—A conservationist group says a Sumatran orangutan has been rescued from an isolated area of forest in western Indonesia.
Plants & Animals
Oct 15, 2012
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An orangutan famous for puffing on cigarettes gave birth this week at an Indonesian zoo, an official said on Friday, in a rare event giving a boon to the critically endangered species.
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2012
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A Sumatran orangutan believed to be the oldest reproductive specimen in captivity has died at a zoo in western France, a few weeks after celebrating his 50th birthday.
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2012
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Will the tiger go the way of the passenger pigeon or be saved from extinction like the American bison?
Ecology
Sep 5, 2012
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