Secrets of orangutan language revealed
"Climb on me", "climb on you" and "resume play" are among the requests wild orangutans make to each other, researchers say.
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Extinct giant ape directly linked to the living orangutan
By using ancient protein sequencing, researchers have retrieved genetic information from a 1.9 million year old extinct, giant primate that used to live in a subtropical area in southern China. The genetic information allows ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 13, 2019
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Orangutans can play the kazoo – here's what this tells us about the evolution of speech
A kazoo might seem a world away from the spoken word. But our ability to produce its buzzing, Donald Duck-like sound at will was key in us ever developing the ability to speak at all. And while our capacity for speech is ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 26, 2019
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Indonesia's toxic haze affecting Borneo's orangutans—rescuers
Massive forest fires in Indonesia that have caused a toxic haze to spread as far as Singapore and peninsular Malaysia are also seriously affecting endangered orangutans and their habitat, a rescue foundation said Tuesday.
Ecology
Sep 17, 2019
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Orangutans hold the key to human speech
New research, led by scientists from the University of St Andrews and Indianapolis Zoo, shows that great apes can control their voice in a similar way to humans, giving a unique insight into the evolution of human language.
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Endangered Bornean orangutans survive in managed forest, decline near oil palm plantations
Recent surveys of the population of endangered Bornean orangutans in Sabah, the Malaysian state in the north-east of Borneo, show mixed results. Populations have remained stable within well-managed forests, where there is ...
Ecology
Jul 17, 2019
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Indonesia pet orangutans released back into the wild
The young orangutan looks back at her rescuers before clambering over her steel cage and into the trees, swinging from hand to hand and hanging upside down.
Ecology
Jun 19, 2019
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Astro-ecology: Counting orangutans using star-spotting technology
A ground-breaking scientific collaboration is harnessing technology used to study the luminosity of stars, to carry out detailed monitoring of orangutan populations in Borneo. Liverpool John Moores University, WWF and HUTAN ...
Ecology
Apr 9, 2019
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Orangutan recovers after shot with 74 airgun pellets in Indonesia
An orangutan is slowly recovering after being shot with 74 airgun pellets in Indonesian, an official said Saturday.
Ecology
Mar 16, 2019
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Indonesia court allows dam in orangutan habitat to proceed
Environmentalists lost a court challenge Monday to a Chinese-backed dam in Indonesia that will rip through the habitat of the most critically endangered orangutan species.
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