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Study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology said there are no more than 800 of the primates, which researchers named Pongo tapanuliensis, making it the most endangered great ape species. (Photo: Pixabay)

New species of orangutans discovered

Their numbers are so small, and their habitat so fragmented, that they are in danger of going extinct, say the...

3 Nov 2017 10:57 AM IST

Study by Jie Gao of Kyoto University in Japan and Peking University in China compared the ability of chimpanzees and children to learn the rock-paper-scissors game (Photo: Pixabay)

Chimpanzees can sniff out strangers from family members

Chimpanzees sniffed longer at urine than at the control, suggesting they perceive the odour of other chimpanzees.

25 Oct 2018 12:47 PM IST