World Orangutan Day: Ongoing threats & habitat loss haunt these great apes

Mongabay
Aug 19, 2025, 12:20 am191 ptsTrendingTop
Despite years of research into their complex behavior and intelligence, orangutans remain critically endangered on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, where they’re endemic. Mongabay has extensively covered the threats they face from habitat degradation and what studies say about how human activities affect…

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