Environment A Small Hydroelectric Dam Could Be the Beginning of the End for the World’s Rarest Ape With no more than 800 individuals left in a fragile habitat, the Tapanuli orangutan could face extinction not long after we became aware of its existence. John C. Cannon
News in Brief Can Apes Speak? A new demonstration hints that an orangutan might possess one of the building blocks of rudimentary spoken language.… Pacific Standard Staff
Economics Barbie Saves Borneo Dan Murphy of the Christian Science Monitor (remember them?) highlights an unlikely success story for environmental organizations, and… Marc Herman