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  • July 2008

    • Orangutans In Trouble as Forests Shrink

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jul 5, 08 5:46 PM CDT

      Orangutans In Trouble as Forests Shrink

      (Newser) - Illegal loggers and palm oil plantations may make the orangutan the first great ape to become extinct, scientists warn. In Indonesia, a mere 6,600 of the apes remain, while on Malaysia’s Borneo Island, the population has fallen 10% to 49,600, the Telegraph reports. More »

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      environment  • endangered species  • biofuel  • Indonesia  • Malaysia  • apes  • orangutans  • palm oil

  • June 2008

    • Spain Passes Ape Rights Bill

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 26, 08 1:14 PM CDT

      Spain Passes Ape Rights Bill

      (Newser) - Spanish Parliament passed a resolution promising fundamental “human” rights to the great apes, the Guardian reports. The bill enjoys wide support and would ban scientific experimentation involving higher-level primates. Zoo exhibition will still be legal, but supporters say living conditions will improve significantly. The legislative body was inspired by philosopher Peter Singer’s Great Apes Project, a primate advocacy group. More »

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      Spain  • animal rights  • chimpanzees  • parliament  • gorilla  • apes  • orangutans

  • April 2008

    • Gibraltar to Kill Pesky Apes

      Associated Press  |  Apr 18, 08 5:27 AM CDT

      Gibraltar to Kill Pesky Apes

      (Newser) - Gibraltar has decided to kill a band of its famous Barbary apes that has been harassing tourists and residents, AP reports. The 25-strong group of renegade apes—actually large monkeys—has moved to a popular beach area where the animals have been stealing food and climbing into open windows. The British territory's tourism minister said the decision to kill the apes wasn't made lightly. More »

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      tourists  • monkey  • apes  • Gibraltar  • Barbary macaques

  • January 2008

    • Laughter Also Good Medicine for Orangutans

      BBC  |  Jan 2, 08 4:52 PM CST

      Laughter Also Good Medicine for Orangutans

      (Newser) - Humans aren't the only animals who laugh, according to a new study. Orangutans engage in a primitive form of laughing, the BBC reports—when one exhibits a facial expression such as an open, gaping mouth, and a companion displays the same expression less than half a second later. This sense of empathy and mimicry is a key component of laughter. More »

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      apes  • primates  • orangutans  • laughter

  • September 2007

    • What's Baby Got That Chimps Don't?

      Time  |  Sep 7, 07 12:05 PM CDT

      What's Baby Got That Chimps Don't?

      (Newser) - What makes humans smarter than their primate relatives? Into the ongoing debate comes a new study that concludes it's not just size, it's the particular kind of computing power. A study matching human toddlers with chimps and orangutans compared their performance on a battery of different kinds of tasks. The children were no better at "physical learning" —i.e. finding hidden objects—but miles ahead in "social learning." More »

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      children  • baby  • evolution  • intelligence  • chimpanzees  • learning  • apes

  • August 2007

    • Orangutans Play Charades

      BBC  |  Aug 2, 07 9:24 AM CDT

      Orangutans Play Charades

      (Newser) - Orangutan communication works just like a game of charades, according to new research. Orangs and other apes who use signals to communicate what they want pay careful attention to whether their audience understands their gestures—if something works, they repeat it, and if they aren't getting through they try another signal. More »

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      language  • human evolution  • communication  • apes  • orangutans

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