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‘What’s up with all these monkeys’: Djungelskog the orangutan comforted Punch – but can the Ikea toy help me? Punch may look sweet with his plushie – but anthropomorphism can’t tell us what a wild animal is truly experiencing

26.02.2026 06:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Blue-faced, puffy-lipped monkey scores a rare conservation win Vietnam's Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys are one of the world's most endangered primates.

23.02.2026 10:46 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

‘That’s a losing battle’: baboon incursions cause tense human-wildlife standoff in Cape Town Animal rights activists disagree with authorities on how best to handle boom in primate population near Table Mountain

22.02.2026 10:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Abandoned baby monkey finds comfort in stuffed orangutan, charming zoo visitors At a zoo outside Tokyo, the monkey enclosure has become a must-see attraction thanks to an inseparable pair: Punch, a baby Japanese macaque, and his stuffed orangutan companion.

22.02.2026 01:16 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Fans flock to Japan zoo to see viral baby monkey Punch The six month old macaque's relationship with a soft toy orangutan has become an internet sensation.

21.02.2026 10:24 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

From the Damnthatsinteresting community on Reddit: Close up of gorilla beating his chest. Explore this post and more from the Damnthatsinteresting community

17.02.2026 05:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rare monkey with orange hair born at Whipsnade Zoo Zoo says the birth of the endangered François' langur offers hope for the survival of the species.

15.02.2026 03:37 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

From cigarette-smoking orangutans to lavender for lions: Melbourne Zoo’s dark history gives way to progressive animal care Tackling the tension between promoting conservation, keeping animals in captivity and its heavy history, the zoo has been reshaped around environmental awareness

15.02.2026 00:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Bristol Zoo gorillas relocated to their new African enclosure All eight gorillas have now been moved to their new, larger home at the Bristol Zoo Project.

13.02.2026 06:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oregon primate center to negotiate transition to sanctuary The board of directors at Oregon Health & Science University, which runs the primate center, voted unanimously for the move.

10.02.2026 00:58 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Orphaned Baby Orangutan Rescued from Captivity | Earth.Org In December, The Orangutan Project rescued Jack and transferred him to their BORA Rescue Centre in East Borne, Indonesia.

09.02.2026 21:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Orangutans nap to make up for lost sleep, new study reveals Anybody who has ever struggled to get enough sleep knows just how much in life can interfere with our rest, and just how detrimental this can be to our health and happiness. Researchers from the Max P...

26.06.2025 22:29 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

"22% of US men believe they could beat a chimpanzee in a fight" – Here’s how humans actually stack up against the world’s 10 strongest primates | Discover Wildlife Discover the strongest primates on the planet…

08.02.2026 08:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Risk-taking comes earlier in chimpanzees than in humans, study finds Chimpanzees appear to be the biggest daredevils when they’re infants. Humans tend to take more chances and put themselves in the most danger in adolescence, so the expectation has been that chimpanzee...

07.02.2026 22:05 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Do apes have an imagination? A new study suggests Kanzi the bonobo did This famous ape may have understood pretend actions—suggesting he had the capacity to imagine

06.02.2026 05:55 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Continuous Audio‐Visual Sensor Monitoring Is More Effective Than Human Observers for Detecting Moor Macaques Camera traps and PAM outperformed human transects in detecting moor macaques: sensors overcame point transect detectability after 2 days survey. Combining both audio-visual methods achieved highest d...

04.02.2026 09:42 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Monkey World in Dorset welcomes pet primate legislation The new legislation requires new and existing private primate keepers to hold a licence.

03.02.2026 06:54 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Brian Villmoare | Origins of Homo, African Fieldwork, and Cranial Evolution YouTube video by Our Primate Past

From the origins of Homo to fossil fieldwork in Africa, Dr Brian Villmoare explains how new discoveries are reshaping human evolution. Plus: where H. naledi and H. floresiensis fit in the hominin tree, best practices for fossil access, and whether Neanderthals and humans are the same species.

02.02.2026 10:13 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0