Great Apes News

For Africa’s great apes, a post-pandemic future looks beyond tourism

Lean times leave orangutans wasting away. Habitat loss makes things worse

Death toll rises to 10 after landslide at dam site in orangutan habitat

Deadly landslide hits Indonesian dam project in orangutan habitat, again

Caring for those ‘just like us’: Q&A with vet and great ape advocate Rick Quinn

Forest patches amid agriculture are key to orangutan survival: Study

First COVID-19 cases in zoo gorillas raise alarm about wild populations

Historical data point to ‘imminent extinction’ of Tapanuli orangutan

Indonesia’s plantation program on collision course with wildlife, Indigenous groups

Will a newly discovered ape species face a dammed future?

In Uganda, safeguarding chimpanzees against the scourge of snaring

A radio program is helping save critically endangered gorillas in Nigeria

Great ape ‘forest gardeners of Africa’ benefit from conservation victory

A mysterious heart bone in chimps points to cardiac disease

Indonesia dam builder refuses new study to assess impact on orangutans

‘We are losing’: Q&A with The Orangutan Project’s Leif Cocks on saving the great ape

A genetic map hopes to trace rescued chimps back to their homes

Cameroon halts logging plans in Ebo Forest, home to tool-using chimps

Facial recognition tech for chimps looks to bust online ape trafficking

For tool-wielding chimps of Ebo Forest, logging plan is a ‘death sentence’

Nigeria’s wildlife traders, who weathered Ebola, eye post-COVID-19 boom

Dam that threatens orangutan habitat faces three-year delay

For the world’s rarest gorillas, a troubled sanctuary

10-year plan hopes to give western chimpanzees a fighting chance

Camera snaps first ever glimpse of a troop of the world’s rarest gorilla

Indonesia resumes release of captive wildlife amid COVID-19

‘Rafiki’s trust was betrayed’: Q&A with conservationist Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Chimps prefer human crops, scientists find — and it’s better for them

Mystery ailments, asymptomatic individuals: Spotlight on monkeypox in chimps

Loss, resilience and community amid an outbreak: Q&A with gorilla researcher Magdalena Bermejo

When the world’s rarest primate couples up, it’s a win for the species

For the western chimpanzee, sanctuaries are more than just a last resort

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