JAKARTA — Climate change has become a direct threat to the survival of the world’s rarest great ape, according to scientists, after landslides triggered by an unusually intense storm killed an estimated 58 critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans (Pongo tapanuliensis) in Indonesia’s Batang Toru ecosystem. The estimate comes from a new study published in Current Biology, […]

Pelo menos 58 orangotangos de Tapanuli, endémicos de uma área ao redor da floresta de Batang Toru, no norte de Samatra, morreram nas cheias de Novembro do ano passado.

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JAKARTA — Climate change has become a direct threat to the survival of the world’s rarest great ape, according to scientists, after landslides triggered by an unusually intense…

Four days of extreme rain in Indonesia triggered devastating landslides, killing dozens of critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans