More Sumatran orangutans than previously thought

Friday, March 4, 2016 - 17:30 in Biology & Nature

Sumatran orangutans, one of the two existing species of orangutans, live exclusively in the North of the Indonesian island Sumatra and are critically endangered. This great ape is threatened by poaching and forest loss, as its habitat is being converted for agricultural purposes. An international team of researchers has now conducted an extensive series of […]

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