The rare Tapanuli orangutan was only discovered in 2017 - but researchers fear it could be headed for extinction Four days of extreme rain and landslides in the Indonesian island of Sumatra have ...
Indonesia's deadly flooding was an "extinction-level disturbance" for the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, causing catastrophic damage to its habitat and survival prospects, ...
A recent cyclone in Sumatra killed approximately 58 Tapanuli orangutans, representing about 7% of the critically endangered ...
In 2017, a groundbreaking discovery in the world of primates made headlines: scientists described the Tapanuli orangutan, the newest great ape species on Earth. However, the excitement was short-lived ...
Climate change-fuelled landslides wiped out nearly one in 10 remaining members of the world's rarest great ape species on ...
A Leicester geneticist working with ape specialists at Twycross Zoo has developed a test which could help preserve highly vulnerable gibbon populations from extinction. Almost all 20 species of gibbon ...