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RACINE, Wis. - The Racine Zoo announced on Monday, Oct. 28 the recent passing of Yule, the White-handed (Lar) Gibbon. A news release says Yule has shared the designation of the zoo’s longest ...
The first time I came to the Sumatran rainforest in May 2019 for an expedition, I was awakened at 6am every morning by the melodious duetting of agile gibbons. Siamangs are accomplished singers.
Jambi, a baby Sumatran orangutan born to parents Tua and Sugi in June, has officially made its public debut at the Philadelphia Zoo.
How is it that this “singing, swinging” great gibbon, with the retro, roaring ‘20s hairstyle, isn’t a primate conservation rock star?
The area will feature white-cheeked gibbons, Sumatran tigers and red pandas. Milo and Parker, a bonded pair of gibbons, arrived at the Akron Zoo from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado.
The gibbon ape leukemia virus (GALV) is a medically important tool in cancer therapies. GALV is a retrovirus pathogenic to its host species, the southeast Asian lar gibbon (Hylobates lar) and ...
There’s a new cat in town. Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium welcomes Sanjiv, an 11-year-old male Sumatran tiger.
The baby was born to rhinoceroses Ratu and Andalas at the Sumatran Rhino Reserve, Way Kambas National Park in Indonesia.
Lack of law enforcement against illegal trade in Indonesia threatens the survival of orangutans and gibbons on Sumatra, a new study by the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC shows. Despite ...
A notable difference among the primate Y chromosomes is their length. For example, the Y chromosome from the Sumatran orangutan is twice as long as the gibbon’s Y chromosome.
It turns out monkeys can be prima donnas, too! Japanese researchers have found that the Lar gibbon controls its voice in the same manner as a human soprano singer. The monkeys posses much of the ...