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A Message from the President
Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great start to the new year and I want to give a heartfelt thank you to all of you who donated so generously over the holiday season! Your thoughtful kindness is truly appreciated. I want to take this time to introduce you to Christy Valsente, a stained glass mosaic artist who created …
Orangutan News: Orangutan’s Vocal Feats Hint At Deeper Roots of Human Speech
by Jon Hamilton for npr An orangutan named Rocky is helping scientists figure out when early humans might have uttered the first word. Rocky, who is 12 and lives at the Indianapolis Zoo, has shown that he can control his vocal cords much the way people do. He can learn new vocal sounds and even match the pitch of sounds …
Conservation News: 4 Ways Animals Adapt to Humans
by Jason Bittel for National Geographic Their habitat is disappearing due to widespread logging, but orangutans seem to have found at least one tiny silver lining: traveling on timber roads instead of the more challenging tree canopies. Recently, ecologist Brent Loken set up 41 camera-trap stations in the Wehea Forest on the Indonesian island of Borneo (map). The traps were …