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Zoo's delight at birth of endangered orangutan
BBC via AOL· 24 minutes agoSummer, the Bornean orangutan, gave birth for the first time to a male on 28 April. It was the second birth in the last 12 months "after more than 20...
Can you design an invention to help gibbons survive?
New Scientist· 2 hours agoGibbons are long-armed primates that traverse forest canopies by swinging between branches, but when their habitats are fragmented, they have a harder...
Which Northeast Ohio projects are on the list for state money? The Wake Up for Tuesday, June 11,...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 1 hour agoThe Ohio Senate’s newly unveiled plans to spend hundreds of millions of unexpected tax revenue...
Charity set up to help save endangered monkeys
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe former head of mammals at Jersey Zoo has created a new charity to help save the most critically endangered primates on Earth. Dominic Wormell set up...
In Mexico heat wave monkeys still dying, birds are getting air-conditioning, lions get popsicles
WLNS Lansing· 2 days agoMEXICO CITY (AP) — Amid Mexico’s heat wave and drought, suffering birds are getting air-conditioning...
Oklahoma City Zoo welcomes new curators for ungulates and primates
KOKH FOX 25· 5 days agoThe Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Gardens have hired new curators to benefit the well-being and...
Safari Wilderness Ranch in Lakeland offers close encounter with lemurs
WTVT via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLAKELAND, Fla. - They come from the Island of Madagascar, but this endangered primate can also be...
Python swallows woman whole in Indonesia
Fox News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIts natural diet is mainly rodents, but larger snakes have been known to feed on pigs, civets, bearcats and even primates. Federal law prohibits...
Tiny great ape fossils identified as new species from Europe
New Scientist· 4 days agoA tiny, vegetarian great ape may have lived in western Europe 11.6 million years ago. Smaller and...
Do These Fossilized Teeth Belong to the World’s Smallest Great Ape?
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 days agoIf great apes are known for anything, it’s being great in size. A large gorilla can weigh nearly 500...