To see how smoke affects endangered orangutans, we studied their voices during and after massive Indonesian wildfires
- Written by Wendy M. Erb, Postdoctoral Associate in Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell University
An adult male orangutan contemplates his next move in haze produced by Indonesia's 2015 wildfires.Wendy Erb, CC BY-NDBornean orangutans are one of three orangutan species, all critically endangered. They thrive in carbon-rich peat swamp forests on the Indonesian island of Borneo. These habitats are also the sites of massive wildfires.
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