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Inside the mission to save orangutans from raging fires

A team of wildlife workers from YIARI in Indonesia rescue an orangutan and its baby in Kalimantan. (ABC News:…
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Inside the mission to save orangutans from raging fires

A team of wildlife workers from YIARI in Indonesia rescue an orangutan and its baby in Kalimantan. (ABC News:…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #Borneo #Endangeredspecies #Fires #Indonesia #orangutans #palmoil #Science #smokehaze #South-EastAsia #Wildfires
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/685813/ Inside the mission to save orangutans from raging fires #borneo #Éire #EndangeredSpecies #Fires #IE #Indonesia #Ireland #orangutans #PalmOil #Science #SmokeHaze #SouthEastAsia #Wildfires #Wildlife

Inside the mission to save orangutans from raging fires

A team of wildlife workers from YIARI in Indonesia rescue an orangutan and its baby in Kalimantan. (ABC News:…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #Borneo #Endangeredspecies #Fires #Indonesia #orangutans #Palmoil #Science #smokehaze #SouthEastAsia #Wildfires
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/889735/

Inside the mission to save orangutans from raging fires

A team of wildlife workers from YIARI in Indonesia rescue an orangutan and its baby in Kalimantan. (ABC News:…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #Borneo #Endangeredspecies #Fires #Indonesia #orangutans #Palmoil #Science #smokehaze #SouthEastAsia #Wildfires
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/889735/

"Rescuers scramble to save orangutans as El Niño-boosted fires spread across Borneo"

#ElNino #Borneo #Orangutans #Animals

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/rescuers-scramble-to-save-orangutans-as-el-nino-boosted-fires-spread-across-borneo/

"Rescuers scramble to save orangutans as El Niño-boosted fires spread across Borneo"

#ElNino #Borneo #Orangutans #Animals

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"Rescuers scramble to save orangutans as El Niño-boosted fires spread across Borneo"

#ElNino #Borneo #Orangutans #Animals

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/rescuers-scramble-to-save-orangutans-as-el-nino-boosted-fires-spread-across-borneo/

"Rescuers scramble to save orangutans as El Niño-boosted fires spread across Borneo"

#ElNino #Borneo #Orangutans #Animals

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/rescuers-scramble-to-save-orangutans-as-el-nino-boosted-fires-spread-across-borneo/

"Rescuers scramble to save orangutans as El Niño-boosted fires spread across Borneo"

#ElNino #Borneo #Orangutans #Animals

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/rescuers-scramble-to-save-orangutans-as-el-nino-boosted-fires-spread-across-borneo/

#News: Airlines' "green" fuel is a lie! ✈️🌴 Criminals disguise virgin palm oil as waste (POME) to sell as #SAF "Sustainable" Aviation #Fuel. This #fraud funds #deforestation, killing #orangutans #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives
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#News: Airlines' "green" fuel is a lie! ✈️🌴 Criminals disguise virgin palm oil as waste (POME) to sell as #SAF "Sustainable" Aviation #Fuel. This #fraud funds #deforestation, killing #orangutans #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives
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#News: Airlines' "green" fuel is a lie! ✈️🌴 Criminals disguise virgin palm oil as waste (POME) to sell as #SAF "Sustainable" Aviation #Fuel. This #fraud funds #deforestation, killing #orangutans #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives
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#News: Airlines' "green" fuel is a lie! ✈️🌴 Criminals disguise virgin palm oil as waste (POME) to sell as #SAF "Sustainable" Aviation #Fuel. This #fraud funds #deforestation, killing #orangutans #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives
https://www.aerosociety.com/news/aviations-palm-oil-problem/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Baby orangutans rescued by officials at the Ranakatha protected reserved forest in Balasore district, in India’s Odisha state. The animals were trafficked into the country from south-east Asia.

Photograph: Odisha Forest Department/AFP/Getty Images

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Baby orangutans rescued by officials at the Ranakatha protected reserved forest in Balasore district, in India’s Odisha state. The animals were trafficked into the country from south-east Asia.

Photograph: Odisha Forest Department/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#AnimalRescue
#orangutans
#India

Baby orangutans rescued by officials at the Ranakatha protected reserved forest in Balasore district, in India’s Odisha state. The animals were trafficked into the country from south-east Asia.

Photograph: Odisha Forest Department/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#AnimalRescue
#orangutans
#India

Baby orangutans rescued by officials at the Ranakatha protected reserved forest in Balasore district, in India’s Odisha state. The animals were trafficked into the country from south-east Asia.

Photograph: Odisha Forest Department/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#AnimalRescue
#orangutans
#India

Baby orangutans rescued by officials at the Ranakatha protected reserved forest in Balasore district, in India’s Odisha state. The animals were trafficked into the country from south-east Asia.

Photograph: Odisha Forest Department/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#AnimalRescue
#orangutans
#India

Humans and great apes show similar rhythmic pattern in laughter

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Wollen Sie wissen, wie #OrangUtans die #Techniken erlernen, die ihnen im Erwachsenenleben nützlich sein werden? Junge Orang-Utans verbringen mehr Zeit damit, ihre Mutter und andere Individuen zu beobachten, wenn diese mit #Nahrungsmitteln umgehen, die schwieriger zu verarbeiten oder seltener sind. Nach der Beobachtung verbringen die Jungtiere auch mehr Zeit damit, mit denselben Nahrungsmitteln zu interagieren, quasi um zu üben. Das Gleiche gilt für Verhaltensweisen im Zusammenhang mit dem #Nestbau.

#MitWissen erklärt Ihnen alles 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCsMPHrUC4c

Deforestation Devastates Tesso Nilo National Park’s Endangered Creatures

Tesso Nilo National Park in #Sumatra, #Indonesia, has lost 78% of its primary forest between 2009 and 2023, primarily due to #palmoil plantations. This #deforestation threatens the habitat of critically endangered species like the Sumatran #tiger and #elephant. Advocating for indigenous-led conservation efforts and adopting a vegan lifestyle can help protect these vital ecosystems. #Vegan #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife

#News: Tesso Nilo National Park in #Sumatra #indonesia 🇮🇩has lost 78% of primary forest since 2009 due to illegal #palmoil plantations, endangering species like #tigers #orangutans #elephants. Help them to survive! #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🔥⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-aly

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Tesso Nilo National Park, established two decades ago to safeguard one of Sumatra’s largest remaining lowland forests, is facing severe deforestation. Recent satellite imagery from Global Forest Watch indicates that the park has lost 78% of its primary forest cover between 2009 and 2023.

The primary driver of this deforestation is the expansion of illegal oil palm plantations. A 2018 investigation by the World Wildlife Fund revealed that nearly 75% of the park had been converted into such plantations. The development of these plantations introduces roads, increasing accessibility for poachers and further endangering wildlife.

Tesso Nilo is a biodiversity hotspot, home to over 4,000 plant species and nearly 3% of the world’s mammal species, including critically endangered Sumatran tigers and Sumatran elephants. The ongoing deforestation poses a significant threat to these species, leading to palm oil habitat loss and ecosystem disruption.

In addition to biodiversity loss, deforestation contributes to climate change by releasing stored carbon into the atmosphere, exacerbating global warming.

Efforts to combat deforestation in Tesso Nilo include raising awareness about the consequences of palm oil deforestation and promoting indigenous-led conservation initiatives. Make sure you resist against animal and plant extinction when you shop #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife!

For a detailed analysis, read the full article on The Cool Down.

Marino, J. (2024, December 15). Satellite imagery identifies disturbing problem in national park — here’s why experts are concerned. The Cool Down. Retrieved from https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/tesso-nilo-national-park-deforestation-satellite-images/

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Protecting India’s Tigers Saves One Million Tonnes of CO2

#India’s fifty year long Project #Tiger has been a successful conservation project. A new research study finds that protecting tigers and their rainforest home has additional benefits to #carbonemissions, saving 1 million tonnes…

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Savage’s Glass Frog Centrolene savagei

Perched on delicate leaves above rushing mountain streams, Centrolene savagei is a rare frog of wonder. The Savage’s Glass Frog, also known as the Savage’s Cochran Frog has translucent emerald skin that shimmers…

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Human Activities Shift Tree Species in Brazilian Forests

Human Activities Shift Tree Species in Brazilian Forests | Research by Lancaster University reveals that human-induced deforestation and degradation in Brazilian forests are causing a shift towards fast-growing, small-seeded tree species. These changes…

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Pesquets Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus

The beguiling Pesquet’s #parrots are sometimes known as ‘Dracula parrots’ due to their unique appearance. This includes black facial features, black feathers and bright red patches that reminiscent of a Dracula-like cloak. This…

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How We Save Sumatra’s Last Living Tigers

Strict global rainforest laws like #EUDR, enforcement of anti #poaching units, and a consumer boycott of #palmoil, hold the key to protecting #Sumatra’s last living #tigers.

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Do chimpanzees and orangutans really have midlife crises?

Many people know that chimpanzees and orangutans have personalities, feel emotions and are “almost human”. However a recent paper has found that great apes also have a mid-life slump or a “midlife crisis”. Great apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans) are just as socially, politically and cognitively complex as we are. Our “hairy” great ape relatives are like us in every respect. Help them to survive when you shop and be #Vegan #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife

#Chimpanzees 🦍 #orangutans 🦧 and other #GreatApes have strong personalities and astonishingly may have midlife crises! Yet another reason to protect these wonderful beings. #Primatology #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔🤢☠️🔥🧐🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/03/13/do-chimpanzees-and-orangutans-really-have-midlife-crises/

Great apes feel and demonstrate fear, affection, laughter and compassion. They are also capable of gang-like killing and “warfare” between neighbouring communities, rape, “battering” females, infanticide and cannibalism.

Genome sequence projects have established the close genetic relationship between “naked” and “hairy” great apes. Cognitive studies show that chimpanzees are capable of deception and have the ability to remember past events and imagine or plan for future events (mental time travel).

But popular culture suggests that there is at least one developmental or lifestyle phenomenon unique to humans; namely, the “midlife crisis”.

What is a midlife crisis?

In affluent societies, there is a popular belief that as soon as men reach their mid-forties, they suddenly take up high-risk activities or buy a showy red sports car or powerful motorbike.

This time of apparent stress, confusion, dissatisfaction with life and display of “crazy” behaviour is popularly known as the “midlife crisis”.

In reality, around the world, irrespective of culture or wealth, both men and women seem to experience a midlife “slump” in happiness or well-being. This may be reflected in poor mental or physical health.

Typically, studies of this phenomenon are conducted by economists or psychologists, but the approaches they take and questions they address may be different. Economic research may compare happiness of younger, middle aged and older adults, who fall into similar socio-economic categories (such as income, marital status, health). This provides a “snapshot” in time. Their findings tend to support the existence of a “U-curve” when age is plotted against happiness, with younger and older people feeling more positive or happy.

Psychologists, on the other hand, prefer longitudinal studies of people over their lifetime to look for changes in “subjective wellbeing”.

How do you measure an ape’s happiness?

Measuring happiness or wellbeing is typically done by asking participants to fill out a questionnaire or self-report inventory, which rates their feelings or experiences.

Over the last two decades, researchers have been adapting the human questionnaires and rating scales for use with our closest “hairy” relatives: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans. They want to see whether personality and subjective wellbeing can be reliably measured in other species.

Not surprisingly, “hairy” apes also show individual differences in personality and subjective wellbeing or happiness. These can be reliably measured if a person who has known the “hairy” ape for a long time (generally more than two years) and very well (say, if they’re a zoo keeper or caregiver) rates the individual.

Why are we surprised that our ape relatives have midlife “issues”?

To ensure coverage in the popular press, good science communicators pick catchy titles. These authors did exactly this by including the words “midlife crisis”, “great apes” and “human well-being”. However, “midlife crisis” is an emotive phrase that may not accurately reflect the findings.

The research team included renowned psychologists/primatologists/geneticists and an economist. Following the data analysis used by economists for this type of research, the “U-curve” with its slump in well-being was evident for the 500+ chimpanzees and orangutans included in the analysis. The “hairy” apes were all housed in captive institutions (zoos, research centres and a sanctuary) in Japan, the United States, Canada, Singapore and Australia. The chimpanzees and orangutans ranged in age from less than 1 year old to 56 years old.

Humans tend to show a slump in well-being at about 45-50 years of age. For chimpanzees it was at 27-28 years of age and for orangutans about 35 years of age. Since this slump exists in chimpanzees and orangutans and isn’t unique to humans, the authors suggest evolutionary or biological explanations must be considered. The slump does not appear to be due to socio-economic or lifestyle factors.

Sadly, the authors missed the opportunity to mention that chimpanzees and orangutans are endangered in the wild and may not reach middle age, yet alone old age. In captivity, they may indeed live beyond the age of 50 with veterinarians and caregivers to attend to their needs and no threats from their only predators – humans.

However, these findings suggest that zoos and other captive institutions must be proactive in seeking ways to improve welfare for great apes showing a slump in well-being. They need to be vigilant as individuals approach their 30s. These practical welfare implications were also not mentioned by the authors.

In the wild, by middle age many chimpanzees and orangutans have witnessed the destruction of their forests and death of family members to poachers for food or illegal animal trade. Every day is a struggle for survival, and by middle age wild great apes may be physically exhausted or maimed. They do not have the benefit of relaxing and reflecting on their happiness. They certainly do not have the option of buying a sports car or seeking their lost youth.

Carla Litchfield, Lecturer, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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