People are slaughtering orangutans and wiping them out
15 February 2018
The population of Bornean orangutans fell by almost half in just 16 years, and it was not a sad by-product of deforestation: many apes were killed deliberately
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Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk
25 January 2018
The deaths of five Ugandan chimpanzees have been traced to a human cold virus, and DNA tests suggest all African chimps are vulnerable
Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army
8 December 2017
Elephants, giraffes, giant elands and chimpanzees are being decimated by poachers linked to violent militias in a lawless region of central Africa
It only takes a few gene tweaks to make a human voice
28 August 2017
Our capacity for complex speech might come from tiny tweaks to existing monkey genes that gave us flatter faces and more refined larynxes
