Orangutan

The 2019 winners and finalists of the Travel Photographer of the Year Awards have been revealed. PBS recently gave viewers a look at MIT Museum's new The Polaroid Project instant photography exhibition. Researchers with IBM and MIT have published a new demo…

The amazing winning and shortlisted images from the 2019 Travel Photographer of the Year competition have been revealed - and they are guaranteed to enchant, fascinate, and prompt the jaw to generally drop.  Photographers from 144 countries submitted over 20…

The new capital city Nagara Rimba Nusa BPMI Jakarta, a city overly congested with 30 million people, including those in the metropolitan zone, is prone to earthquakes and flooding and is rapidly sinking due to the uncontrolled extraction of groundwater. Mor…

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…