Orangutan

Conservationist claims gorillas 'could catch coronavirus from humans' and calls for 'ape tourism' to be suspendedBiologist Ian Redmond says apes at risk because they share DNA with humansHe has called for great ape tourism to be suspended and field research reduced So far there haven't been any suspected or confirmed cases…

Sony's annual photography awards are always a superb excuse to drink in some absolutely unbelievable photographs, spanning all sorts of categories and subject matters, and the 2020 shortlist is no exception to that rule.57 stunning photos from the National Sony World Photography Awards 2020 That list of contenders was recently…

This article first appeared on Truthout and was produced in partnership with Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Picture a rhinoceros in the rainforest, add a herd of elephants, families of orangutans swinging through the treetops and tigers prowling the understory, and there is…

NEW YORK, April 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Orangutan Project, an organization focused on securing the survival of critically endangered species including orangutans, is calling for an immediate end to the wildlife trade to protect us from future pandemics like COVID-19. The Orangutan Project has released a petition highlighting the connection…

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…