Orangutan

This is the heartbreaking moment a tiny orangutan cries and clings to its mother after a fire ravaged their home in Borneo. Earlier this month International Animal Rescue (IAR) were alerted that the orangutans had been driven into residential gardens in Tanj…

Unfortunately, there has been an increasing number of wildfires in recent years. It can start to feel as if no place is safe. We wouldn’t be wrong in feeling this way as wildfires destroy our planet’s ecosystem which is, of course, detrimental to the planet. Source: Wikimedia Commons As humans…

Two baby orangutans rescued from attempted smuggling

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A record 103 zoos, aquariums, wildlife refuges, and conservation organizations in 35 countries joined global nonprofit Species360 in 2019, reflecting a growing demand for data and analytics used in the care and conser…

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A record 103 zoos, aquariums, wildlife refuges, and conservation organizations in 35 countries joined global nonprofit Species360 in 2019, reflecting a growing demand for data and analytics used in the care and conser…

Abstract Exploration is essential for skill acquisition and strongly facilitates cognitive performance. In humans, it is widely known that exploration and later cognitive performance are highly dependent on early social inputs. Here, we aim to shed light on …

Like so many these past few days, I have been stunned by the devastation across Australia. The photographs and videos of the fires sweeping through the countryside and surrounding towns and even the city of Sydney show a nation literally on fire. Terrified pe…

Tens of thousands of evacuees remain crowded into emergency shelters, waiting for the floodwaters to recede in and around Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, as the death toll from massive New Year's flooding reached 47, officials said. Monsoon rains and rising ri…

Tens of thousands of evacuees remain crowded into emergency shelters, waiting for the floodwaters to recede in and around Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, as the death toll from massive New Year's flooding reached 47, officials said. Monsoon rains and rising ri…

A mother and her two daughters have handed themselves in to police investigating a fire that killed more than 30 animals at a zoo in Germany. The three women, aged between 30 and 60, are believed to have launched paper sky lanterns which ignited the blaze th…