An interview with orangutan conservationist and advocate Gary Shapiro 25 Apr 2025 02:00:56 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/an-interview-with-orangutan-conservationist-and-advocate-gary-shapiro/ | ||
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Illegal trafficking of siamang gibbons is a concerning and underreported crisis (commentary) 18 Apr 2025 16:04:05 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/illegal-trafficking-of-siamang-gibbons-is-a-concerning-and-underreported-crisis-commentary/ | ||
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Bonobos combine calls in ways that resemble human language, study finds 08 Apr 2025 14:13:04 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/bonobos-combine-calls-in-ways-that-resemble-human-language-study-finds/ | ||
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Mongabay investigation finds gorilla trade more widespread than previously thought 01 Apr 2025 14:33:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/mongabay-investigation-finds-gorilla-trade-more-widespread-than-previously-thought/ | ||
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Famous bonobo Kanzi, known for smarts & gaming, dies at age 44 27 Mar 2025 18:39:15 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/famous-bonobo-kanzi-known-for-smarts-gaming-dies-at-age-44/ | ||
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As apes adapt to human disturbance, their new behaviors also put them at risk: Study 24 Mar 2025 17:30:20 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/as-apes-adapt-to-human-disturbance-their-new-behaviors-also-put-them-at-risk-study/ | ||
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Baby sightings spark hope for critically endangered gibbons in Vietnam 21 Mar 2025 13:56:06 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/baby-sightings-spark-hope-for-critically-endangered-gibbons-in-vietnam/ | ||
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Global outcry as petitioners demand no mining expansion in orangutan habitat 19 Mar 2025 15:27:39 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/global-outcry-as-petitioners-demand-no-mining-expansion-in-orangutan-habitat/ | ||
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When a chimp community lost its males, it also lost part of its love language 11 Mar 2025 23:16:54 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/when-a-chimp-community-lost-its-males-it-also-lost-part-of-its-love-language/ | ||
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‘Some people will die’: Conversations with Nigeria’s gorilla hunters 27 Feb 2025 00:34:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/some-people-will-die-conversations-with-nigerias-gorilla-hunters/ | ||
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DRC government directive triggers panic in ape sanctuaries amid ongoing conflict 21 Feb 2025 15:40:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/drc-government-directive-triggers-panic-in-ape-sanctuaries-amid-ongoing-conflict/ | ||
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Bonobos can recognize ignorance and help, a new ‘milestone’ in ape intelligence 18 Feb 2025 12:39:11 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/02/bonobos-can-recognize-ignorance-new-milestone/ | ||
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Chimps remember, for years, the location of ant nests that provide food 03 Feb 2025 21:40:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/chimps-remember-for-years-the-location-of-ant-nests-that-provide-food/ | ||
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Increase in gibbon trafficking into India has conservationists worried 29 Jan 2025 11:21:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/increase-in-gibbon-trafficking-into-india-has-conservationists-worried/ | ||
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Justice for people, animals and the environment are inextricable, Arcus Foundation says 28 Jan 2025 20:50:55 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025/01/justice-for-people-animals-and-the-environment-are-inextricable-arcus-foundation-says/ | ||
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Coming to a retailer near you: Illegal palm oil from an orangutan haven 24 Jan 2025 11:36:50 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/coming-to-a-retailer-near-you-illegal-palm-oil-from-an-orangutan-haven/ | ||
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Five-month-old male gorilla, victim of illegal wildlife trade, seized in Istanbul 22 Jan 2025 18:57:25 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/01/five-month-old-male-gorilla-victim-of-illegal-wildlife-trade-seized-in-istanbul/ | ||
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Elephants, gorillas and chimps hold out in Cameroon’s largest protected landscape 16 Jan 2025 14:42:45 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/elephants-gorillas-and-chimps-hold-out-in-cameroons-largest-protected-landscape/ | ||
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Indonesian company defies order, plants acacia in orangutan habitat 07 Jan 2025 16:42:59 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/indonesian-company-defies-order-plants-acacia-in-orangutan-habitat/ | ||
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Armed conflict, not Batwa people, at heart of Grauer’s gorillas’ past decline in DRC park 16 Dec 2024 18:09:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/armed-conflict-not-batwa-people-biggest-factor-in-decline-of-grauers-gorillas-in-drc-park/ | ||
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Monitoring group cracks down on deforestation in Cameroon gorilla sanctuary 28 Nov 2024 22:20:13 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/monitoring-group-cracks-down-on-deforestation-in-cameroon-gorilla-sanctuary/ | ||
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Illegal gold mining drives deforestation in DRC reserve home to ‘African unicorn’ 26 Nov 2024 00:29:46 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/illegal-gold-mining-drives-deforestation-in-drc-reserve-home-to-african-unicorn/ | ||
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A Nigerian reserve, once a stronghold for chimps, is steadily losing its forest to farming 21 Nov 2024 23:55:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/a-nigerian-reserve-once-a-stronghold-for-chimps-is-steadily-losing-its-forest-to-farming/ | ||
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Gibbons found to perform dance routines akin to ‘the robot,’ but why? 11 Nov 2024 15:00:36 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/gibbons-found-to-perform-dance-routines-akin-to-the-robot-but-why/ | ||
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Study finds bonobos more diverse, and more vulnerable, than previously thought 04 Nov 2024 21:16:19 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/study-finds-bonobos-more-diverse-and-more-vulnerable-than-previously-thought/ | ||
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Conservationists mobilize to save Sierra Leone national park and its chimpanzees 04 Nov 2024 17:44:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/as-deforestation-advances-conservationists-mobilize-to-save-sierra-leone-national-park-and-its-chimpanzees/ | ||
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Canopy bridges serve a lifeline for Sumatra’s tree-dwelling primates 31 Oct 2024 00:56:25 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/sumatra-orangutan-forest-fragmentation-canopy-bridge-endangered-wildlife-roads-primates/ | ||
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Orangutan conservation and communication: Gary Shapiro’s half-century journey from zoos to the wilds of Borneo 08 Oct 2024 16:19:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/orangutan-conservation-and-communication-gary-shapiros-half-century-journey-from-zoos-to-the-wilds-of-borneo/ | ||
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Indigenous knowledge proves key in a study of plants gorillas use to self-medicate 03 Oct 2024 21:15:17 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/indigenous-knowledge-proves-key-in-a-study-of-plants-gorillas-use-to-self-medicate/ | ||
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From selfies to treetops: Thai NGOs rescue and release captive gibbons 09 Aug 2024 04:40:54 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/from-selfies-to-treetops-thai-ngos-rescue-and-release-captive-gibbons/ | ||
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Chatterbox chimps converse just like humans (but with more gestures) 29 Jul 2024 14:11:09 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/chatterbox-chimps-converse-just-like-humans-but-with-more-gestures/ | ||
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Africa’s great ape sanctuaries are feeling the heat from climate change 05 Jul 2024 22:07:30 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/africas-great-ape-sanctuaries-are-feeling-the-heat-from-climate-change/ | ||
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Sick chimps seek out medicinal plants to heal themselves, study finds 20 Jun 2024 18:05:12 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/sick-chimps-seek-out-medicinal-plants-to-heal-themselves-study-finds/ | ||
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Hold my ointment: Wild orangutan observed healing wound with medicinal plant 14 May 2024 13:13:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/wild-orangutan-medicinal-plant-sumatra-endangered-species-indonesia-conservation/ | ||
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Chimps are lifelong learners, study on tool use shows 09 May 2024 17:36:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/chimps-are-lifelong-learners-study-on-tool-use-shows/ | ||
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Indonesian company defies order, still clearing peatlands in orangutan habitat 09 May 2024 03:58:11 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/indonesian-company-defies-order-still-clearing-peatlands-in-orangutan-habitat/ | ||
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Indonesian capital project finally gets guidelines to avoid harm to biodiversity 19 Apr 2024 04:11:53 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/indonesian-capital-project-finally-gets-guidelines-to-avoid-harm-to-biodiversity/ | ||
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Sierra Leone cacao project boosts livelihoods and buffers biodiversity 18 Apr 2024 22:26:19 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/sierra-leone-cacao-project-boosts-livelihoods-and-buffers-biodiversity/ | ||
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Bonobos, the ‘hippy apes’, may not be as peaceful as once thought 12 Apr 2024 15:39:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/bonobos-the-hippy-apes-may-not-be-as-peaceful-as-once-thought/ | ||
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Report links pulpwood estate clearing Bornean orangutan habitat to RGE Group 27 Mar 2024 18:18:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/report-links-pulpwood-estate-clearing-bornean-orangutan-habitat-to-rge-group/ | ||
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Smaller population estimate underscores urgency of saving Cao-vit gibbon 27 Mar 2024 15:47:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/smaller-population-estimate-underscores-urgency-of-saving-cao-vit-gibbon/ | ||
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Palm oil deforestation persists in Indonesia’s Leuser amid new mills, plantations 14 Mar 2024 14:56:04 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/palm-oil-deforestation-persists-in-indonesias-leuser-amid-new-mills-plantations/ | ||
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Norway pension fund breaks with U.K. conglomerate Jardines over endangered orangutan habitat 12 Mar 2024 04:28:00 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/norway-pension-fund-breaks-with-u-k-conglomerate-jardines-over-endangered-orangutan-habitat/ | ||
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Indonesian gold mine expanding in ‘wrong direction’ into orangutan habitat 11 Mar 2024 16:13:39 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/indonesian-gold-mine-expanding-in-wrong-direction-into-orangutan-habitat/ | ||
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No joking: Great apes can be silly and playfully tease each other, finds study 08 Mar 2024 17:07:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/no-joking-great-apes-can-be-silly-and-playfully-tease-each-other-finds-study/ | ||
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Impunity for Cambodia’s exotic pet owners as trade outpaces legislation 07 Mar 2024 03:00:03 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/impunity-for-cambodias-exotic-pet-owners-as-trade-outpaces-legislation/ | ||
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Male dominance isn’t the default in primate societies, new study shows 04 Mar 2024 17:01:08 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/male-dominance-isnt-the-default-in-primate-societies-new-study-shows/ | ||
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Skywalker gibbons confirmed in Myanmar for the first time 26 Feb 2024 14:59:12 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/02/skywalker-gibbons-confirmed-in-myanmar-for-the-first-time/ | ||
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Bees bring honey and hope to a forest reserve in Nigeria 24 Feb 2024 00:45:00 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/02/bees-bring-honey-and-hope-to-a-forest-reserve-in-nigeria/ | ||
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Great apes can remember long-lost friends and relatives 11 Feb 2024 18:25:00 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/video/2024/02/great-apes-can-remember-long-lost-friends-and-relatives/ | ||
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Bid to mitigate gold mine’s impact on orangutans hit by stonewalling, data secrecy 02 Feb 2024 09:52:39 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/02/bid-to-mitigate-gold-mines-impact-on-orangutans-hit-by-stonewalling-data-secrecy/ | ||
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Western hoolock gibbon conservation in Bangladesh urgently needs funding (commentary) 18 Jan 2024 19:06:21 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/western-hoolock-gibbon-conservation-in-bangladesh-urgently-needs-funding-commentary/ | ||
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A rush for ‘green’ iron is on in Guinea. Will chimpanzees be a casualty? 17 Jan 2024 12:51:38 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/a-rush-for-green-iron-is-on-in-guinea-will-chimpanzees-be-a-casualty/ | ||
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Bonobos and chimps recall friends and family even after years apart: Study 15 Jan 2024 06:42:59 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/bonobos-and-chimps-recall-friends-and-family-even-after-years-apart-study/ | ||
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Incentivizing conservation shows success against wildlife hunting in Cameroon 19 Dec 2023 23:09:02 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/incentivizing-conservation-shows-success-against-wildlife-hunting-in-cameroon/ | ||
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Poverty and plantations: Nigerian reserve struggles against the odds 01 Dec 2023 03:55:37 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/poverty-and-plantations-nigerian-reserve-struggles-against-the-odds/ | ||
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Killings of Bornean orangutans could lead to their extinction 24 Nov 2023 16:24:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/killings-of-bornean-orangutans-could-lead-to-their-extinction/ | ||
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Are flame retardants about to burn a hole in biodiversity? (commentary) 13 Nov 2023 21:28:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/are-flame-retardants-about-to-burn-a-hole-in-biodiversity-commentary/ | ||
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Burn now, pay later: Fines trickle in from Indonesia’s crackdown on forest fires 07 Nov 2023 09:59:10 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/burn-now-pay-later-fines-trickle-in-from-indonesias-crackdown-on-forest-fires/ | ||
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Myanmar’s primates and their guardians need more support, study says 30 Oct 2023 13:58:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/myanmars-primates-and-their-guardians-need-more-support-study-says/ | ||
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