Orangutans are an endangered species, with numbers falling dramatically in the past 100 years.
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Humans have watched and learned from animals who treat their ills with bioactive plants. This animal wisdom has a scientific name: zoopharmacognosy.
Orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees seem to enjoy the buzz of getting dizzy.
The sheer number of Chinese-funded dams pose a substantial risk to biodiversity. And yet, environmental regulation of these projects has serious flaws.
Setting aside half of Borneo would significantly reduce their decline, say experts.
By exploring Southeast Asian etymologies, we get a glance into the centuries-old relationships between humans and forest creatures.
Calls to ban palm oil could get a very different response among people who live in the same forests as orangutans.
Boycotting palm oil would increase production of other crops, such as soy, which actually require more land.
From LGBTQI rights to racial justice, companies are embracing the social issues that matter to their consumers. And, of course, that makes sense.
Time to rethink orangutan conservation, now we know that our red relatives are actually very adaptable.
A US$1.6 billion dollar dam in Sumatra threatens the recently discovered and desperately imperilled Tapanuli Orangutan.
To save the orangutans we must both protect their forests and stop any hunting and killing within them.
A group of fewer than 800 orangutans in northern Sumatra has been recognised as a new species - and they are already under threat from deforestation.
Young orangutans are dependent on their mother’s milk for many years and that could have an impact on the survival of the critically endangered species.
Our secret? We’re better at sharing our ideas.
Realizing that others’ minds hold different thoughts, feelings and knowledge than your own was thought to be something only people could do. But evidence is accumulating that apes, too, have ‘theory of mind.’
One of paleontology’s most notorious hoaxes has long been blamed on a serial forger named Charles Dawson. But might a Jesuit priest have been in on a joke that went wrong ?
The Leuser ecosystem in northern Sumatra is home to some of the world’s rarest and best-loved animals. Thanks to a new government moratorium on land clearing, conservationists have enjoyed a big win.
Next time you plan a holiday you can rest assured that wildlife sightseeing can help some threatened species.
People living in their forests must be on board too – and they don’t always subscribe to Western conservation values.
Principais colaboradores
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor of Primate Biology, Liverpool John Moores University
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Reader in Anthropology, Brunel University London
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Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University
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Adjunct Professor of Conservation, University of Kent
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Honorary Research Associate, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Organisms and Environment, Cardiff University
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Head of department of Conservation Biology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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Professor of Environmental Economics, Charles Darwin University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Johns Hopkins University
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Senior Lecturer in Biodiversity Conservation, University of Kent
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Professor, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Wageningen University
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Research Investment Fellow, Dept Environment, Earth and Ecosystems, The Open University
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International Chair in Ecotourism Research, Griffith University
