Sentences with word «orangutan»

The population of orangutans in Borneo is uncertain, but most scientists estimate there are fewer than 50,000 individuals.

In the 1930s there were reports of orangutans in Tapanuli, in the Batang Toru area of Sumatra, but they were never investigated.

But small groups of Bornean orangutans living in protected zones and selectively logged areas will likely avoid extinction, the researchers say.

This means that some human - impacted forest segments are more important than others for orangutan conservation.

Mother Sumatran orangutan with baby in Gunung Leuser, North Sumatra..

Erik Meijaard, an ecologist who has worked in Indonesia since 1993 and is considered a world authority on orangutan populations, is cautiously optimistic, although he sees no «silver bullet» solutions.

Nudibranchs, sea slugs and flatworms, together with Orangutan Crab, Bubble Coral Shrimp and Crocodile Flathead were some of the life seen.

Users will find informative island summaries of sun - kissed Bali, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Papua, Nusa Tenggara, Java and Kalimantan, the latter being home to the largest concentration of wild orangutans on the planet.

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.

So, to recap, human workers at a zoo are now taking orders from orangutans on an app that was designed for them by other human workers.

EXTRACTED FROM 100 % PURE COCONUT OIL: Brain Octane is carefully extracted from 100 % pure coconut oil, not palm oil, to protect wild orangutan habitat in Southeast Asia.

Estimates vary, but the World Wildlife Fund puts the total number of living orangutans at nearly 120,000.

Like orangutans dying for a cookie, gorillas in the Congo are dying because people in Rwanda need charcoal to cook and heat.

«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.»

A Vanguard and BNY Mellon financed hydro dam threatens a newly discovered Tapanuli orangutan species.

Harrison Ford with baby orangutans at a rehabilitation center for orphaned apes in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan.

Female Bornean orangutans live alone and typically settle in or near the area where they were born, whereas males generally disperse.

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

We shared our experience of seeing orangutans in Borneo.

The message: Palm oil — an ingredient in many Nestle products — is killing orangutans by destroying their habitat, the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.

The species is threatened by hunting and poaching, and forest loss due to farming and mining exploration, says Matthew Nowak at the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme.

«Endangered orangutans face a new threat: Study says some habitats may not offer enough high - energy food.»

The case Marzec and her colleagues observed involved a young female orangutan named Kondor, who had recently lost her infant, and an older female named Sidony.

Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted at six different locations in Borneo and Sumatra, Carel van Schaik of Duke University and his colleagues examined 36 behaviors performed by orangutans.

She and her colleagues offered their cocktails to a 21 - year - old male Sumatran orangutan named Naong, who lives in Sweden's Furuvik Zoo.

However, it was not until 2013 when skeletal material from an adult male orangutan killed in a human - animal conflict became available, and showed the uniqueness of this population.

A UK charity has helped rescue two baby orangutans who were found by police in West Borneo caged and ready to be sold through social media to illegal buyers.

In 2013, a Tapanuli orangutan called Raya died of his wounds after a conflict with locals.

Orangutan mother and her baby.

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

Sampit, West Kalimantan — The Centre for Orangutan Protection (COP) and the people of Tumbang Koling village stand up today to fight for illegal loggers and palm oil companies that damage their traditional forests located at Cempaga upriver.

This is a high death rate for animals that are extremely slow to reproduce; Sumatran orangutans give birth every 8 to 9 years, less frequently than any other mammal.

With colleagues at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, he used the same techniques in 2015 to expose the culprit responsible for the death of Mahal, a beloved young orangutan at the Milwaukee County Zoo.

Perhaps the greatest attractions in the island are Bukit Lawang, where orangutans swing freely through the surrounding forest, Lake Toba, a whopping great lake with an incredible island in the centre of it and Pulau Weh, a small island surrounded by incredible coral reefs and home to great budget accommodation overlooking crystal clear turquoise waters.

This is the most comprehensive study of the genome of orangutan made so far.

This brings the likes of the intimidating Luca (Michael Adamthwaite), the grizzled chimpanzee Rocket (Terry Notary), and the sage - like orangutan Maurice (Karin Konoval) into the paths of merciless soldiers, a speechless human child who needs protection, and an escaped zoo chimp who speaks English, and calls himself «Bad Ape» (Steve Zahn).

Project revenues support science institutions, including the world - famous Orangutan Foundation International.

I give my take on the controversial oil, drawing on randomized controlled trials and personal feelings about orangutans to arrive at my conclusion.

The Tapanuli orangutans face many threats, including fragmented habitat, gold mining, and a planned dam.

«The Jungle Book» also stars Scarlett Johansson as the hypnotizing python Kaa, Christopher Walken as the smooth - talking orangutan King Louie, Lupita Nyong» o as the protective mother wolf Raksha and Giancarlo Esposito as the wolf pack's alpha male Akela.

Research on humans faced with scarcity echoes van Schaik's orangutan findings.

[T] he trader allegedly sold various protected living wildlife including orangutans, golden cats, hedgehogs, greater slow loris, siamang, Javan gibbons, hornbills and juvenile crocodiles.

They extrapolated the overall size of the island's population from the number of orangutan nests observed throughout the species» range in Borneo.

Day 7 — Sepilok Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre is a short bus or taxi trip from Sandakan.

When orangutans play with each other, they sometimes open their mouths in the ape equivalent of a smile.

In a lot of ways, I always think of Clint, because Clint was doing orangutan movies, and people weren't taking him as seriously.

After testing the technology on a tower built at one - fifth scale (compared with a normal turbine tower), Scottish Enterprise is now looking for partners to turn the prototype Orangutan into a climbing machine that can be commercialized.

Learn how orphaned orangutans are rehabilitated ba...

ECA comprises Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Global Witness, Humane Society International, Rainforest Action Network, Rainforest Foundation Norway, The Rainforest Foundation U.K., Wetlands International and The Wilderness Society, Nepenthes, and the Australian Orangutan Project.