Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Three Sumatran tiger cubs born at Ragunan zoo Hasyim Widhiarto - The Jakarta Post - Jakarta Wed, 11/25/2009 7:34 PM Jakarta A Sumatran tiger gave birth to three cubs at Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta , on Thursday, zoo chief Enny Pudjiwati says. “The delivery was successful and all three cubs are now in a healthy condition,” Enny told reporters on Wednesday. However, the sex of the newborns...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Ape-y Birthday! Kimani, Franklin Park Zoo's youngest western lowland gorilla, celebrated her fifth birthday yesterday with popcorn and a party with children from...
MSNBC.com: Nightly News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Nov. 22: Naturalist Jeff Corwin documents the efforts of scientists to revive Indonesia’s critically endangered Sumatran orangutan population. (Nightly News)
Jungle Trader (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
WWF : Highly trained detection dogs are being used help to determine the population status of the Javan rhino in Vietnam, in an attempt to save one of the world’s rarest mammals from extinction."
Monkeys In The News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Charles the gorilla eyed a bank of cameras for a minute Wednesday morning before languidly reaching for a piece of fruit, unwittingly selecting his 2 1/2-month-old son's name. Nassir, that's his baby. The Toronto Zoo decided to give the proud papa a hand in choosing the name of their newest western lowland gorilla, born Sept. 2. More than 5,000 name suggestions were submitted by members of the public....
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
In Malawi, local government elections are as rare and endangered as the country's black rhinoceros.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Discovered only in 1992 by wildlife biologists, saolas are antelope-like bovine creatures who live in the forests on the border of Laos and Vietnam. They...
Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Jonathan Woodliff in the Jakarta Post : With only 19 days to go before the critical UN climate summit in Copenhagen, environmental activists are right to be highlighting Indonesia's unenviable position as one of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases. There is no doubt that long term abuse and mismanagement of the nation's forests is the main cause, which is why Greenpeace set up a "Climate...
Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Another Trapped Sumatran Tiger Dies in Aceh A two-year-old female Sumatran tiger was killed by villagers after it tried to break into a chicken coop belonging to a resident of Silolo village in South Aceh. Syafwan, the head of South Aceh’s Natural Resources Conservation Agency, said the tiger, measuring a meter in length, tried to enter a chicken coop behind the house of Muhammad Rajab, 45, at...
Genetic Archaeology News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The most extensive DNA study to-date of Africa's rarest monkey reveals that the species had an intriguing sexual past. Of the last two remaining populations of the recently discovered kipunji, one population shows evidence of past mating with baboons while the other does not, says a new study in Biology Letters. The results may help to set conservation priorities for this critically endangered species,...
Orangutan Outreach (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Philadelphia Zoo and PECO want to give you an opportunity to name the new female Sumatran orangutan baby. Pick one of the names below before November 26 and stay tuned for the announcement of the winning name. Batu (Sumatran Islands) Kadoa (small gift) Anoano (blessing) Name the baby here. Check out the beautiful baby here
CBS 3 (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
A rare Sumatran orangutan born in October made his debut Thursday at the Philadelphia Zoo. The baby boy orangutan was born October 2, 2009 to 16-year old Tua and her mate, Sugi.
John Hawks Anthropology Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
So what's the baboon DNA doing in that rare monkey species, anyway? The researchers are looking into whether the baboon DNA has given the kipunji any survival advantages and could possibly explain why roughly 1,000 of the monkeys live in the Southern Highlands (the population having baboon DNA) compared with just 100 in the Udzungwas. Once again, for most primates we only know anything at all about...
Jungle Trader (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Lophocebus kipunji National Evolutionary Synthesis Center : " The most extensive DNA study to date of Africa's rarest monkey reveals that the species had an intriguing sexual past." (Image credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation)
Orangutan Outreach (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Source: The Jakarta Post Thu, 11/12/2009 Extra-curricular education: Sumatran Orangutan Society staffers discuss the importance of Indonesia’s forests to Balinese students during the global “Orangutan Caring week”. JP/J.B. Djwan Time may be running out for Sumatra’s forest people, the auburn-haired orangutans that once lived across much of Sumatra. The great apes are now only...
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morrisanimal | 07/01/2009
Dr. Wynne Collins didn't set out to save the Przewalski's horse—declared extinct in the wild 40 years ago. But today, as a doctoral student at the Smithsonian National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia, Collins works hard to preserve the world's last truly wild horse. Her early research efforts were funded, in part, by one of Morris Animal Foundation's (MAF) first Fellowship...
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