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Chatterbox chimps converse just like humans (but with more gestures)

Africa’s great ape sanctuaries are feeling the heat from climate change

Sick chimps seek out medicinal plants to heal themselves, study finds

Hold my ointment: Wild orangutan observed healing wound with medicinal plant

Indonesian company defies order, still clearing peatlands in orangutan habitat

Indonesian capital project finally gets guidelines to avoid harm to biodiversity

Bonobos, the ‘hippy apes’, may not be as peaceful as once thought

Report links pulpwood estate clearing Bornean orangutan habitat to RGE Group

Palm oil deforestation persists in Indonesia’s Leuser amid new mills, plantations

Norway pension fund breaks with U.K. conglomerate Jardines over endangered orangutan habitat

Indonesian gold mine expanding in ‘wrong direction’ into orangutan habitat

No joking: Great apes can be silly and playfully tease each other, finds study

Male dominance isn’t the default in primate societies, new study shows

Bees bring honey and hope to a forest reserve in Nigeria

Bid to mitigate gold mine’s impact on orangutans hit by stonewalling, data secrecy

A rush for ‘green’ iron is on in Guinea. Will chimpanzees be a casualty?

Bonobos and chimps recall friends and family even after years apart: Study

Newly described tree species from Sumatra could be vital for threatened orangutans

Killings of Bornean orangutans could lead to their extinction

Are flame retardants about to burn a hole in biodiversity? (commentary)

Burn now, pay later: Fines trickle in from Indonesia’s crackdown on forest fires

Gorilla permit fraud dents community-led conservation efforts in Uganda

Deforestation surges in hotspot of critically endangered Bornean orangutans

Deforestation for palm oil continues in Indonesia’s ‘orangutan capital’

World’s top sovereign fund latest to cut ties with dam in orangutan habitat

Migrating orangutan males imitate locals to learn about food: Study

Orangutan ‘beatboxing’ offers clues about human language, study says

Why did the orangutan cross the toll road to Indonesia’s new capital city?

Ground-nesting chimps hold lessons for conservation — and for human evolution

Camera trap images of rare gorillas with infants bring hope in DRC

World’s newest great ape faces habitat loss, multiple threats: Will it survive?

Guinea’s crab-fishing chimps are in good health, study shows, but threats loom

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