Orangutan ecotourism on Sumatra Island: Current conditions and a call for further development

A Purwoko, W Kuswanda, ROP Situmorang… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper aimed to provide a narrative review of the current conditions of orangutan
ecotourism on Sumatra Island, problems in the current management systems, and some …

Phylogenomics and species delimitation of the economically important Black Basses (Micropterus)

D Kim, AT Taylor, TJ Near - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Informed management and conservation efforts are vital to sustainable recreational fishing
and biodiversity conservation. Because the taxonomic rank of species is important in …

Reference genomes for conservation

S Paez, RHS Kraus, B Shapiro, MTP Gilbert, ED Jarvis… - Science, 2022 - science.org
As of 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List estimates
that more than 32% of fungal, plant, and animal species are threatened with extinction. This …

Population dynamics and genetic connectivity in recent chimpanzee history

C Fontsere, M Kuhlwilm, C Morcillo-Suarez… - Cell Genomics, 2022 - cell.com
Knowledge on the population history of endangered species is critical for conservation, but
whole-genome data on chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) is geographically sparse. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery of a wild, genetically pure Chinese giant salamander creates new conservation opportunities

J Chai, CQ Lu, MR Yi, NH Dai, XD Weng… - Zoological …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Effective conservation of threatened biota relies on accurate assessments and scientific
guidance. As an unfortunate example, Chinese giant salamanders (Andrias, CGS) remain …

Human-borne pathogens: Are they threatening wild great ape populations?

PC Köster, J Lapuente, I Cruz, D Carmena… - Veterinary …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Human-driven activities, including agriculture, forestry, and mining, are
destroying the natural habitats of wild great ape (bonobo, chimpanzee, gorilla, and …

Sociality predicts orangutan vocal phenotype

AR Lameira, G Santamaría-Bonfil, D Galeone… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
In humans, individuals' social setting determines which and how language is acquired.
Social seclusion experiments show that sociality also guides vocal development in …

Evidence for the latest fossil Pongo in southern China

W Liao, T Harrison, Y Yao, H Liang, C Tian… - Journal of human …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pongo fossils with precise absolute age brackets are rare, limiting our understanding of their
taxonomy and spatiotemporal distribution in southern China during the Late Pleistocene …

Island biogeography revisited: museomics reveals affinities of shelf island birds determined by bathymetry and paleo-rivers, not by distance to mainland

KM Garg, B Chattopadhyay, E Cros… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Island biogeography is one of the most powerful subdisciplines of ecology: its mathematical
predictions that island size and distance to mainland determine diversity have withstood the …

No planet for apes? Assessing global priority areas and species affected by linear infrastructures

F Ascensão, M D'Amico, R Barrientos - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Approximately 65% of primate species are facing extinction, with threats including the
impacts of linear infrastructures such as roads, railways, and power lines, associated with …