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Borneo Wildfires Leave Wild Orangutans Facing Years of Pressure

Wildfires hit Borneo in 2026. They have ruined about 30 per cent of the Tuanan Orangutan Research Station study area. That loss is double the roughly 15 per cent lost in the 2015 fires. Researchers say the 2026 forest loss will probably cause pressures on wild orangutans, large forest apes. These pressures may match or go beyond the multi-year effects…

Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Max Planck Society. Read the original for the full report.