Eight species, including Tapanuli orangutan, make first appearance on list of most endangered primates

Mongabay
Oct 8, 2019, 3:57 pm743 ptsHot
When the Tapanuli orangutan was discovered in 2017 in the rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia, it became the eighth known species of great ape in the world (including humans). The last time a new great ape species was described to science was when the bonobo was found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in…

Read Article Share
Share Article
- email
- x.com
- facebook
- pocket
- reddit
- tumblr
- linkedin
- pinterest

Trending Today on EcoTopical

How plastic recycled in Louisville may have gone up in smoke in Ohio 129

Sri Lanka leopard deaths prevalent in region where humans and big cats overlap 127

Talking Headways Podcast: Are Arterials Unsafe? Or Are We Making Them Unsafe? 127

Removal of African elephants causes coextinction of dung beetles, study finds 127

Air pollution's daily pulse over the Northeast 123

Tesla promotes FSD misuse in its own videos — undermining its legal defense 122

BMW’s new iX3 is off to a hot start with 10,000+ models sold, top-selling EV in its class 120

Annual carbon dioxide peak reaches 432 parts per million 119

About EcoTopical

Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator.

Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.