CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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Climate change spells trouble for orangutans
By Leah Duran
August 18, 2017
Editor’s note: August 19 is World Orangutan Day. The world’s orangutan population is dwindling.
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Primates face greater extinction threat than any other large mammal group
By Molly Bergen
February 3, 2017
Tropical forest destruction threatens 63 percent of the world’s primate species with extinction. But experts say there’s hope of reversing this trend.
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Wild ring-tailed lemur population has plummeted 95% since 2000
By Kim Reuter
January 13, 2017
There are now more ring-tailed lemurs in zoos around the world than remain in the wild in Madagascar.
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7 species with moms weirder than yours
By Sophie Bertazzo
May 6, 2016
A peek into some of the mothering habits in Mother Nature.
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In the Year of the Monkey, could primate-watching be the next big thing?
By Russell A. Mittermeier, Ph.D.
February 8, 2016
To advance science and encourage conservation, primate fans could learn a thing or two from bird-watchers.
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