Orangutans
2 programs
The WCS Malaysia and WCS Indonesia programs both work on orangutans.
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January 15, 2019
Old Math Counts New Orangutans
A mathematical theorem formulated in the 1700s has been used by scientists for the first time to accurately count critically endangered Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.
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November 26, 2018
Over 2,200 “Run for the Wild” in Malaysia
Over 2,200 runners and volunteers from 24 countries worldwide have Run for the Wild organized to support the conservation of orang-utans, sharks and rays -- an annual run organized by the Wildlife Conservation Society Malaysia Program (WCS...
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February 13, 2017
Climate Change Impacts on Threatened and Endangered Wildlife is Massively Underreported, Scientists Say
February 13, 2017 – A team of scientists reporting in the journal Nature Climate Change say that negative impacts of climate change on threatened and endangered wildlife have been massively underreported.
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Old Math Counts New Orangutans
A mathematical theorem formulated in the 1700s has been used by scientists for the first time to accurately count critically endangered Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.
Read the storyOver 2,200 “Run for the Wild” in Malaysia
Over 2,200 runners and volunteers from 24 countries worldwide have Run for the Wild organized to support the conservation of orang-utans, sharks and rays -- an annual run organized by the Wildlife Conservation Society Malaysia Program (WCS...
Read the storyClimate Change Impacts on Threatened and Endangered Wildlife is Massively Underreported, Scientists Say
February 13, 2017 – A team of scientists reporting in the journal Nature Climate Change say that negative impacts of climate change on threatened and endangered wildlife have been massively underreported.
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