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We’ve been protecting orangutans since 2007. We can't do it alone. We need YOUR help. ❤️🦧 linktr.ee/redapes Bored Ape Julius #BAYC 2238

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World's rarest great ape decimated by 4 days of extreme rain, with 7% of population lost to cyclone livescience.com/animals/prim…

World's rarest great ape decimated by 4 days of extreme rain, with 7% of population lost to cyclone

Around 58 of Indonesia's Tapanuli orangutans were crushed or buried alive by landslides brought on by the climate-change-fueled Cyclone Senyar.

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Tapanuli Orangutans: 7 Percent Of Earths Most Endangered Great Ape Species Was Wiped Out By Cyclone Senyar In 2025 iflscience.com/7-percent-of-…

7 Percent Of Earth's Most Endangered Great Ape Species Was Wiped Out By Cyclone Senyar In 2025

The devastation caused by Cyclone Senyar demonstrated how climate change is a risk to endangered wildlife and ecosystems.

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We MUST be prepared for another Super El Nińo.... Reposting: Conservationists fear fires could erase years of orangutan habitat recovery news.mongabay.com/2026/05/co… Please help: redapes.org/donate 🙏🦧🌳
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Environmental group intervenes in lawsuit to help orangutans, tigers in Indonesia news.mongabay.com/2026/06/en…

Environmental group intervenes in lawsuit to help orangutans, tigers in Indonesia

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s oldest and largest environmental group, Walhi, has formally intervened in an environmental lawsuit filed by the government against a major logging company, arguing the governm...

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Four days of extreme rain killed 7% of world's rarest orangutans, study says

Climate change-induced weather events are pushing orangutan populations to extinction, says a study.

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Understanding Orangutan Mental Health redapes.org/news-and-stories… #mentalhealth #trauma
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New Video: Do Orangutan Babies Need Plush Toys & Milk? redapes.org/news-and-stories… #punch
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WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE SITUATION. STAY TUNED! 🙏🦧🌳🦧🌳🦧🌳 Indonesia braces for rising forest fire risks from dry season, weather agency says reuters.com/business/environ…

Indonesia braces for rising forest fire risks from dry season, weather agency says

Indonesia's longer and more intense dry season this year has led ​to a rising number of hotspots, indicating ‌greater risks of forest and land fires, the meteorological agency warned on Wednesday.

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Meet the Neighbors: Long-Nosed Proboscis Monkeys redapes.org/news-and-stories…
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Deadly Indonesia floods wiped out at least 7% of rare orangutan population, report says reuters.com/business/environ…

Deadly Indonesia floods wiped out at least 7% of rare orangutan population, report says

Deadly floods and landslides in Indonesia's Sumatra last year have wiped out at least 7% of the total ​population of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan, a new report released on Wednesday...

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🦧 His name is Big Papa As a youngster, he was illegally sold as a pet in Taiwan. Today, thanks to @redapes, he lives on a protected forest island sanctuary in Borneo with space to explore, safety to thrive, and other orangutans by his side. Get the Big Papa Keyring and follow his journey. Every donation is matched by @bonk_inu for great impact 💛 Get yours 👇
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Nest in Peace, Merah. 🦧🌳🌤️🌈Second-Oldest Orangutan in North America Dies in St. Louis 101theeagle.com/st-louis-zoo…

North America's Second-Oldest Orangutan Has Died in St. Louis

One of the oldest orangutans in North America, 57-year-old Merah, passed away today at the St. Louis Zoo.

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Equality For All Animals🦜@AnimalUnite
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Glue traps must be banned. 💔 Mice, rats and all the other little (and big!) beings we share this planet with simply want to live with their families & friends. No human has the “right” to take that from them.
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Check out this amazing auction! Join us in raising money for Center for Great Apes! via @givebutter givebutter.com/c/BidforTheir… We LOVE @CFGA 😍🦧

Bid for Their Future: A Wildly Important June

Wild About Giving

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It's Graduation Season! Here's Harrison Ford speaking truth... The Force is with him..... youtube.com/watch?v=NK5Y4YD0…

Harrison Ford undergraduate commencement address: Arizona State...

Actor and conservationist Harrison Ford delivers the commencement a...

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theguardian.com/news/2026/ma… Please support our friends at YIARI: redapes.org/partners-and-pro… 🙏❤️🦧

‘Should we leave them to die?’ The battle over how to save orangutans from the curse of palm oil

The long read: As new settlers clear their forest habitat, the apes are coming into conflict with humans. But simply moving them to another part of the forest may not be the answer

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AI image of ‘impossible’ wildlife encounter hampers conservation work: research group factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.co…

AI image of ‘impossible’ wildlife encounter hampers conservation work: research group

An orangutan cuddling a clouded leopard is "biologically impossible", a conservationist told AFP, refuting claims and photos circulating on social media that appeared to show a camera trap image of...

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Punch, the Lonely Monkey, Is Growing Up. He’s Still a Star. nytimes.com/2026/05/09/world…

Punch, the Lonely Monkey, Is Growing Up. He’s Still a Star.

The macaque, now 9 months old, has been attracting tens of thousands of visitors to a small Japanese zoo. He ignores the attention.

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