Orangutan

Orangutan parents look after their children for around nine years, longer than any other primate except humans. In this Sir David Attenborough-narrated clip from episode ten of the ten-part BBC series Life, a 42-year-old orangutan mother teaches her 6-year-old daughter how to forage high in the rainforest canopy of Sumatra…

The global food system has been very much front and center in the COVID-19 story. Everyone, of course, is aware that hunger is closely tracking the virus as its wreaks havoc in both the global North and global South. Indeed, one can say that, unlike in East Asia, Europe, and…

Thousands of animals living in Indonesian zoos are facing the threat of starvation as management struggles to afford animal feed as would-be visitors stay home to contain the spread of Covid-19. A survey conducted by the Indonesian Zoo Association (PKBS) this month showed that 92% of the association’s members in…

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An enormous gun collection, a foggy desert and an orangutan rescue: The stunning winning images in one of the world's most prestigious photography competitions The All About Photo Awards - The Mind's Eye is now in its fifth year and there are 40 winning images for 2020 Monica Denevan from the U.S…

An enormous gun collection, a foggy desert and an orangutan rescue: The stunning winning images in one of the world's most prestigious photography competitions The All About Photo Awards - The Mind's Eye is now in its fifth year and there are 40 winning images for 2020 Monica Denevan from the U.S…

The public are being asked to vote for animals they think should be part of a new 'Big Five' of the natural world's top creatures to photograph.Unlike the old Big Five, based on the five toughest animals in Africa for colonial hunters to shoot and kill, the new list will…

Proboscis monkeys live only on the island of Borneo in the extreme southwest Pacific Ocean. The male is well known for its mega-schnozzle. Photo by Sebastian Kennerknecht/Minden Pictures The island of Borneo is the only home of the proboscis monkey, an endangered primate that is surprisingly resilient. Authored by by…

World's newest species of primate - the Tapanuli orangutan - will be appear on UK TV for the first time in new documentary filmed in IndonesiaPrimates is narrated by Chris Packham, and begins on BBC One next SundayIt follows Tapanuli orangutan in Batang Toru, northern Sumatra, IndonesiaThey were identified as a…