|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Kanzi the bonobo redefined what it means to be human 04 Apr 2025 11:00:09 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/kanzi-the-bonobo-shattered-boundaries-between-humans-and-apes/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
‘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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Guinea greenlights gold mine in habitat of critically endangered chimpanzees 26 Feb 2025 15:58:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/02/guinea-greenlights-gold-mine-in-habitat-of-critically-endangered-chimpanzees/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Camera traps capture first glimpse of genetically distinct chimps in southwestern Nigeria 31 Jan 2025 11:39:05 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/01/camera-traps-capture-first-glimpse-of-genetically-distinct-chimps-in-southwestern-nigeria/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Bonobo numbers in DRC park stable, but signs of decline appear 10 Jan 2025 05:27:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/01/bonobo-numbers-in-drc-park-stable-but-signs-of-decline-appear/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Rare new Guinean flower is ‘canary in a coal mine’ — but in an actual iron mine 27 Dec 2024 08:43:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/rare-new-guinean-flower-is-canary-in-a-coal-mine-but-in-an-actual-iron-mine/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Newly described tree species from Sumatra could be vital for threatened orangutans 28 Dec 2023 11:47:12 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/newly-described-oak-from-sumatra-could-be-vital-for-threatened-orangutans/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
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/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Gorilla permit fraud dents community-led conservation efforts in Uganda 27 Oct 2023 14:06:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/gorilla-permit-fraud-dents-community-led-conservation-efforts-in-uganda/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Deforestation surges in hotspot of critically endangered Bornean orangutans 20 Oct 2023 05:45:51 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/deforestation-surges-in-hotspot-of-critically-endangered-bornean-orangutans/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Deforestation for palm oil continues in Indonesia’s ‘orangutan capital’ 22 Sep 2023 16:59:37 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/deforestation-for-palm-oil-continues-in-indonesias-orangutan-capital/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
World’s top sovereign fund latest to cut ties with dam in orangutan habitat 31 Jul 2023 15:37:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/worlds-top-sovereign-fund-latest-to-cut-ties-with-dam-in-orangutan-habitat/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Migrating orangutan males imitate locals to learn about food: Study 19 Jul 2023 04:22:45 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/migrating-orangutan-males-imitate-locals-to-learn-about-food-study/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Orangutan ‘beatboxing’ offers clues about human language, study says 29 Jun 2023 20:10:17 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/orangutan-beatboxing-offers-clues-about-human-language-study/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Big potential and immense challenges for great ape conservation in the Congo Basin, experts say 28 Jun 2023 22:14:36 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2023/06/big-potential-and-immense-challenges-for-great-ape-conservation-in-the-congo-basin-experts-say/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Why did the orangutan cross the toll road to Indonesia’s new capital city? 27 Jun 2023 04:14:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/why-did-the-orangutan-cross-the-toll-road-to-indonesias-new-capital-city/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Ground-nesting chimps hold lessons for conservation — and for human evolution 27 Apr 2023 14:42:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/04/ground-nesting-chimps-hold-lessons-for-conservation-and-for-human-evolution/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Camera trap images of rare gorillas with infants bring hope in DRC 21 Apr 2023 16:52:20 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/04/camera-trap-photos-of-rare-gorillas-with-infants-bring-hope-in-the-drc/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
World’s newest great ape faces habitat loss, multiple threats: Will it survive? 14 Apr 2023 03:44:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/04/worlds-newest-great-ape-faces-habitat-loss-multiple-threats-will-it-survive/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Saving the last Tapanuli orangutans 13 Apr 2023 13:47:25 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/video/2023/04/video-fight-for-survival-the-battle-to-save-the-last-tapanuli-orangutans/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Guinea’s crab-fishing chimps are in good health, study shows, but threats loom 03 Apr 2023 15:59:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/04/guineas-crab-fishing-chimps-are-in-good-health-study-shows-but-threats-loom/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Palm oil deforestation hits record high in Sumatra’s ‘orangutan capital’ 23 Mar 2023 16:36:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/palm-oil-deforestation-hits-record-high-in-sumatras-orangutan-capital/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
DRC’s endangered bonobos face another threat to their survival: malaria 22 Mar 2023 08:19:32 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/drcs-endangered-bonobos-face-another-threat-to-their-survival-malaria/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Orangutan death in Sumatra points to human-wildlife conflict, illegal trade 06 Mar 2023 14:12:56 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/sumatran-orangutan-death-killing-human-wildlife-conflict-trafficking-illegal-trade/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |