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How did an Indian zoo get the world's most endangered great ape?
AFP, Published on 19/09/2025
» Tapanuli orangutans are the world's most endangered great ape. Fewer than 800 remain, all previously thought to be in their native Indonesia. But now an Indian zoo says it has one.
Good neighbours: Bonobo study offers clues into early human alliances
AFP, Published on 17/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - Human society is founded on our ability to cooperate with others beyond our immediate family and social groups.
In Amazon, Indigenous voters wear Lula support painted on faces
AFP, Published on 31/10/2022
» IRANDUBA (BRAZIL) - In the Brazilian Amazon, members of an Indigenous community painted their faces and put on traditional feather headdresses as they set out to vote Sunday in the hard-fought presidential runoff election.
To use rather than collect, the second coming of NFTs
AFP, Published on 24/05/2022
» NEW YORK - NFTs have been called everything from fads to outright scams, but early adopters see a future for them as uniquely useful tools for business, health and the arts that goes beyond mere digital collecting.
After life of trauma, Liberian lab chimps settle into retirement
AFP, Published on 21/04/2022
» MARSHALL CITY (LIBERIA) - Floating on a river boat near a Liberian island, vet Richard Ssuna watches intently as animal carers wade towards the shore hurling fruits and imitating chimpanzee calls as they go.
Shelter for traumatised apes in DR Congo's strife-torn east
AFP, Published on 22/02/2022
» BUKAVU (DR CONGO) - Beyond the reach of bloody conflicts in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rescued apes swing from one branch to another under the leafy canopy at a wildlife sanctuary.
Why crypto creators want to stay anonymous
AFP, Published on 18/02/2022
» PARIS: The two lifelong friends from Florida never sought the limelight, but then they built a multi-million-dollar empire selling digital art and people wanted to know who they were.
Pricey pixels: Why people spend fortunes on NFT art
AFP, Published on 03/02/2022
» PARIS: Thousands of artists beaver away every day creating images to sell as digital tokens (NFTs) in online exchanges. The market is booming, the most popular pieces can sell for millions, but outsiders may wonder why anyone would pay anything at all.
Escobar's lawyered-up hippos recognized as people by US court
AFP, Published on 22/10/2021
» WASHINGTON - In a first, a US court has recognized animals as legal persons -- specifically, the descendants of Pablo Escobar's hippopotamuses who have thrived in Colombia since the notorious drug lord was killed almost 30 years ago.
Collectors of digital NFTs see a 'Wild West' market worth the risk
AFP, Published on 06/06/2021
» NEW YORK - They are technology enthusiasts on the hunt for opportunities in the Wild West market surrounding NFTs: the popular certified digital objects that have spawned a new generation of collectors convinced of their huge potential.