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For Africa’s great apes, even ‘best-case’ climate change will decimate habitat

The triple whammy of the climate crisis, growing human population, and the clearing of wild areas could see Africa's great apes lose 94% of their suitable living areas by 2050, researchers calculate.

Tiger tests positive for coronavirus at Bronx Zoo, first known case in the world

Tiger tests positive for coronavirus at Bronx Zoo, first known case in the world

The big cat is the first known case of a non-domesticated animal with COVID-19 symptoms—and is one of seven sick tigers at the New York zoo.
Recovering conservationist: Q&A with orangutan ecologist June Mary Rubis
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Recovering conservationist: Q&A with orangutan ecologist June Mary Rubis

Orangutans face a bleak future in Borneo, hammered by habitat loss to plantations and mines, poached for the illegal pet trade, and exterminated by farmers.

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