Home-bound Indonesia orangutans given VIP welcome
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Forty eight orangutans rescued from a Thai amusement park were given a VIP reception on Wednesday hosted by Indonesia's first lady, Kristiani Yudhoyono, to mark the endangered apes return to home soil.
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Scientists believe they have found two new undocumented mammals -- a pygmy possum and a giant rat -- in the jungles of a remote mountain range in Indonesia's Papua province, a conservation group said.
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Thailand is set to return 48 orangutans to Indonesia after the endangered animals were seized from a Bangkok zoo two years ago, a government official has said.
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The Dalai Lama toured the zoo of late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin on Wednesday, where he thanked Irwin's family for its dedication to wildlife.
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Lili, Demi and Mek, three female antelopes born in a Czech zoo, will soon be set free in Swaziland under a programme to reintroduce endangered species to their African homeland.
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Four Javan rhinos were born recently in Indonesia, the first known births in three years, raising hope for the future of the endangered species, WWF-Indonesia said.
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The discovery of remains of a tiny human closely related to man on the remote Indonesian island of Flores and tales of Hobbit-like creatures who still roam its jungles have triggered an influx of visitors in search of a fabled lost world.
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CHICAGO - In what her keepers call "Maggie's Extreme Makeover," one of Brookfield Zoo's female orangutans has had her appearance and zeal restored through treatment for a previously undiagnosed thyroid condition.
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A giant rodent thought to be new to science is discovered in a remote mountainous area of Indonesia.
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FORT WORTH, Texas - Overseas tsunami victims will be getting help from an elephant born in Thailand but now living at the Fort Worth Zoo.  An original work of art -painted- by "Rasha" will be auctioned off on e-Bay -- beginning tomorrow.
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DES MOINES, Iowa - Azy and Indah are about to go off to school, but they certainly are not ordinary students. They're orangutans, long-limbed, long-haired, bright-eyed primates who will become the first residents of the Great Ape Trust of Iowa, where Rob Shumaker and his associates will study their behavior and learning capabilities...
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Indonesia is returning 17 rare pygmy kangaroos to the Papuan rain forest after rescuing and acquiring them in recent years from illegal traders and private zoos, officials said Monday. It is unknown how many of the mammals, which can grow up to a yard long and weigh 26 pounds, still survive in the wild.
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With an influx of chimps previously used as laboratory animals, Florida's Center for Captive Chimpanzee Care is transforming into the largest chimp sanctuary in the world&#151;almost overnight.
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THE discovery by Australian scientists on the Indonesian island of Flores of an entirely new humanoid species - colloquially dubbed &quot;hobbits&quot; because of their diminutive stature â-uts a new piece in place in the long scientific mission to understand
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Using helicopters to count endangered orang-utans gives very accurate estimates of the great apes' numbers, researchers report in Plos Biology.
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A FORTNIGHT ago University of Wollongong scientist Bert Roberts was on the Indonesian island of Flores with stegodon expert Gert van den Bergh.
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Three leaders from neighboring countries have confirmed their attendance during the swearing in ceremony of Indonesian president-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Wednesday, bringing