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Colugos (aka flying lemurs)—the closest living relatives of primates most notable for their ability to glide from tree to tree over considerable distances—are more diverse than had previously been believed, according to a new report published in the November 11th issue of Current Biology.
Primates are most familiarly represented by monkeys and [...]
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If watching this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD6UpPQkNBU) doesn’t convince you of the REAL (not made up by animal-rights-psychos, I swear) need to protect orangutans and thousands of other endangered species from the destruction of deforestation and the palm oil industry, then …you should really keep researching it. All I’m asking you to do is think about the [...]
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The Sumatran orang-utan is now in such serious decline that it will take extraordinary efforts to prevent it becoming the first great ape species to become extinct.
The warning emerges from a compilation of a major orang-utan survey in 2004 together with the latest [...]
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Rising demand for palm oil will decimate biodiversity unless producers and politicians can work together to preserve as much remaining natural forest as possible, ecologists have warned. A new study of the potential ecological impact of various management strategies found that very little can be done to make palm oil plantations more hospitable for local [...]
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A male orangutan, clinging precariously to overhanging branches, flails the water with a pole, trying desperately to spear a passing fish.
It is the first time one has been seen using a tool to hunt.
The extraordinary image, a world exclusive, was taken in Borneo on the island of Kaja, where apes are [...]
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Scientists in Borneo have discovered a lungless frog that breathes through its skin - a species thought to have been extinct for 30 years.
A research team, led by National University of Singapore biologist David Bickford, discovered the frog, Barboroula kalimantanensis, in western Kalimantan in August and published its findings in Current Biology yesterday.
The tiny amphibian, [...]
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