great ape

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The area is home to the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, just 800 of which were believed to exist in the wild before the disaster.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

As exciting as this great ape baby boom is for L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

"They can't say how they're feeling and they can be quite good at masking how they're feeling," explained Marianne Paisley, a researcher from the University of Sussex who is studying great ape wellbeing.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

These data then do not accurately reflect the original state of the great ape populations in the area before mining impacts.''

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024

With him is a great ape: Big Foot.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson