Officials at New Orleans' Audubon Zoo announced Monday that a critically endangered Sumatran orangutan had birthed a healthy male, but his twin brother didn't make it out of the womb. Conservationists have classified the giant apes known for their red hair as critically endangered.
COVID-19 affects not just humans, but also our closest relatives - the great apes. According to a group of specialists, including Oxford Brookes University academics, jungle hikers may be putting the lives of Critically Endangered orangutans at risk by spreading human viruses such as COVID-19.