Starving Orangutans, Dead Bats and Other Links from the Brink (April 13, 2013)

Bornean orangutans, gray bats and Grauer's gorillas are among the endangered species in the news this week. This Week's Most Heartbreaking Story: A family of Bornean orangutans ( Pongo pygmaeus ) was photographed clinging to the sole remaining tree in their former forest habitat after the rest of it had been chopped down for a palm oil plantation. The orangutans were all starving by the time they were rescued. They were actually lucky: most orangutans in similar situations have been killed . [More]