Orangutan

last updated: 08/04/2020 Coronavirus poses a serious threat to our closest living relatives, the great apes, say leading experts Thomas R. Gillespie and Fabian H. Leendertz in a report published in the journal Nature. Orangutans, for example, share 97 per cent of their DNA with humans, therefore, reducing the risk…

Staff at the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation have stepped up their efforts to prevent infection among the apes Poaching and habitat loss have decimated Indonesia's orangutan population, but now coronavirus has emerged as another potential deadly threat to the critically endangered species. While there have been no confirmed cases of…

Skip to comments. Indonesia covers up to protect orangutans from virus threat France24 ^ | April 4, 2020 Posted on 04/04/2020 5:13:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer Jakarta (AFP) - Poaching and habitat loss have decimated Indonesia's orangutan population, but now coronavirus has emerged as another potential deadly threat to the…

JAKARTA: Poaching and habitat loss have decimated Indonesia's orangutan population, but now coronavirus has emerged as another potential deadly threat to the critically endangered species.While there have been no confirmed cases of transmission from humans to the fuzzy-haired apes, they share 97 per cent of our DNA. And staff at…

JAKARTA: Poaching and habitat loss have decimated Indonesia's orangutan population, but now the Covid-19 (coronavirus) has emerged as another potential deadly threat to the critically endangered species.While there have been no confirmed cases of transmission from humans to the fuzzy-haired apes, they share 97% of our DNA.And staff at a…

'One of these special moments...', Hofen canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland: An early morning, ... before the first light sneaks over the field. Photo: @rizzolophotography.ch, Switzerland - Agora The #Wild2020 photo competition, run by photo app Agora, features “the world's best nature photography” selected from more than 9,219 submissions and voted…

Agora‘Snorkelling on the north shore of Kauai,’ photographed by Brandon Imbriale. Agora, a free photography app, recently held its Wild 2020 contest. This year’s finalists captured both breathtaking landscapes and animals in their natural habitats. Out of 9,000 submitted images, a picture by Indonesia-based photographer Wibowo Rahardjo was awarded the…

ASEAN Beat | Society | Southeast Asia There are a variety of rationales put forward for the decision to relocate the capital, some more prominently articulated than others. Credit: Bayu Syaits on UnsplashIndonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced last year an ambitious plan to relocate the capital city, namely the seat of government, from…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption It's not known how the virus might affect great apes like gorillas Conservation experts are calling for urgent action to protect our closest living relatives, the great apes, from the threat of coronavirus.New measures are needed to reduce the risk of wild gorillas, chimps…

news On the Indonesian island of Sumatra, orangutans are being released into the wild. The female ape, Dora, who was raised in captivity, went to primate school at a reintroduction station, to prepare for release into the wild. 6 min Read More