Sentences with phrase «as orangutan»

Bukit Lawang was once used as an orangutan conservation area and orangutans which had previously lived in captivity were released into the wild here.

In the canyon and vibrant coral areas, you should be able to spot reef sharks and critters such as orangutan crabs, porcelain crabs, and squat lobsters.

«Such considerations are likely to become increasingly important as orangutan habitat continues to be lost and damaged across Borneo and Sumatra, including by the dreadful forest fires currently blighting the region.»

The removal of acres of rainforest threatens the rich biodiversity in these finely balanced ecosystems, along with the habitat of species such as the orangutan.

Indeed when produced irresponsibly, it harms tropical forests and threatens wildlife such as orangutans, elephants and tigers.

But that's not quite the way it is in more polygamous animal species such as orangutans, nor was it that way, say many evolutionary biologists, among our own ancestors.

She is currently investigating whether her results hold up among the Old World primates of Africa and Asia, a group that includes monkeys like baboons and mandrills and apes such as orangutans and chimps.

But in many places, these plantations are taking over rainforests, the natural habitat of endangered species such as orangutans.

Preserving forests might make economic sense for governments and forest dwellers, and it could also help preserve the habitats of endangered mammals such as orangutans and elephants, according to a study released this week.

They also provide a home for many endangered species, such as orangutans.

Asner is also working with wildlife biologists to figure out how these stores of carbon link up with the biodiversity they contain, such as the orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) and elephants (Elephas maximus borneensis) still found in parts of Sabah.

Not exact matches

For one thing, if (a) you had taken 225 million orangutans distributed roughly as the U.S. population is; if (b) 215 winners were left after 20 days; and if (c) you found that 40 came from a particular zoo in Omaha, you would be pretty sure you were onto something.

Our genome is nearly identical to the chimpanzee genome, a little less identical to the gorilla genome, a little less identical to the orangutan genome, and so on — and this correspondence is present in ways that are not needed for function (such as the location of shared genetic defects, the order of genes on chromosomes, and on and on).

Multiple brands of Christianity claim the same Lord and read the same Bible, and yet they promote a set of values sometimes as different as apples and orangutans.

It's funny that creatures such as ourselves» forked radishes, cousins to the ant, the sparrow, and the orangutan» are yet capable of ratiocination, and in his philosophical tales McCall Smith deftly exploits the comic potential of that incongruity even as he argues for a certain vision of the examined life.

Australia's largest dairy is using a palm oil product — linked to the deforestation of orangutan habitat and biosecurity scares — in cow feed while promoting its product as based on Tasmania's pristine pastures.

The orangutan is only one of a number of species facing extinction as a result of deforestation.

As he describes his life, it sounds like a Vegas floor show, complete with Bobby Berosini and his dancing orangutans, Sigfried and Roy and a naked sleight - of - hand artist.

You could even adopt an orangutan in their name, as this is a great opportunity for you to invest in a gift that will provide a real benefit.

We have worked with institutions such as the British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum and run wildlife tours in conjunction with conservation agencies such as Fauna & Flora International, Wildlife Conservation Society, the Orangutan Foundation, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and the Jane Goodall Institute.

Orangutan numbers on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo plummeted from 1999 to 2015, more as a result of human hunting than habitat loss, an international research team finds.

Over a 16 - year period, about half of the orangutans living on the island of Borneo were lost as a result of changes in land cover.

Half of the orangutans on the vast Southeast Asian island died between 1999 and 2015 as a result of hunting or habitat destruction by oil palm and other industries, a new study found.

The latter requires public awareness and education, more effective law enforcement, and also more studies as to why people kill orangutans in the first place.»

If they are wrong, «it will be worse than Piltdown» in terms of its effect on the field, as one anonymous observer put it, referring to the 1912 hoax that combined modern human and orangutan fragments.

Zhang compared the DNA nucleotide sequence of the human version of ASPM to that of two of our great ape cousins, the chimpanzee and the orangutan, as well to more distantly related animals such as rhesus monkeys, seals, dogs, and hamsters.

If the project goes as planned, it will log the living conditions and mental health of most of the thousands of gorillas, chimps, bonobos (pygmy chimps), and orangutans in the United States.

Scientists often spend days tracking rare animals such as snow leopards or orangutans for samples of DNA, for instance from hair or faeces, to understand their movements, monitor their populations and propose ways to protect them.

Researchers observed Tapanuli orangutans in their hilly habitat as early as the 1930s.

The list of probable cultural traits is not as long as that for chimpanzees, but orangutans» tendency to interact with their neighbors less than chimps do made the pattern of learning even clearer.

As the researchers compared notes — and videotapes when possible — it became clear that many behaviors were strikingly different between orangutan groups.

«This is quite unexpected, as in wild orangutans males and females have never been reported to form coalitions before,» says Marzec.

Even more extraordinary is that the perpetrator recruited a male orangutan as a hired gun to help her corner and attack the victim.

In that study, published in January 2015, it was reported that a female orangutan called Tilda at Cologne Zoo, in Germany, was able to make sounds comparable to human consonant and vowel - like calls at the same rhythm and pace as human speech.

On a visit to the London Zoo, he gave mirrors to a pair of orangutans and watched them grimace and pucker their lips as they stared at their reflections.

Orangutans» new status as cultural animals was unexpected because typically they are less social than chimps and so, researchers believed, they would have fewer chances to learn from one another.

The presence of shifts in sexual preferences among women may generate debate, but shifts in sexual preferences and behavior are well documented in mammals as diverse as rats and orangutans.

The attacking female used a male orangutan as a «hired gun» to help corner and attack the victim in what scientists say is the first observed incident of lethal aggression among orangutans

As a result, orangutans are living in increasingly crowded conditions, all vying for limited resources.

Five wild orangutans in Borneo — nicknamed Sam, Henk, Rambo, Kondor, and Sultan — have learned to create a new kind of distress signal, using leaves to lower the pitch of their common warning call, known as a kiss - squeak.

Karin Konoval wears mo - cap gear with reference points that capture her performance as Maurice the orangutan, digitally rendered in post-production.

Even more surprising is that the attacking female used a male orangutan as a «hired gun» to help corner and attack the victim, the scientist said.

As a result, an orangutan running through the forest burns anywhere from 500 to 1000 calories less than a human sitting in front of a TV.

And apes such as chimps and orangutans that usually avoid water can swim.

In a different test, this ape as well as three other orangutans and eight chimpanzees remembered the details of a similar task for 3 years.

We have compared the transcriptome in blood leukocytes, liver, and brain of humans, chimpanzees, orangutans, and macaques using microarrays, as well as protein expression patterns of humans and chimpanzees using two - dimensional gel electrophoresis.

Among those that sometimes do this: hamsters, beavers, and some primates, such as bonobos and orangutans.

Wray and his colleagues sequenced this regulatory region and some flanking DNA from 74 human chromosomes as well as 32 chromosomes from seven other primates, including chimps, gorillas, and orangutans.

We also studied three mouse species that are approximately as related to each other as are humans, chimpanzees, and orangutans.

«But other data on canopy biodiversity and animal habitats, such as our work on Bornean orangutans, will also help inform decisionmakers.»