Interview with Jane Griffiths and Emma Lokuciejewski   Jane Griffiths Jane: Can you tell us a little about your background, and what inspired you to write The Rimba? (You can also say why it is called the Rimba - I don’tmean to mention me, but what does Rimba mean and why that is fitting.)   I am a retired Head of English, and have lived in Cornwall for over 40 years.  I first became aware of the destructive force of palm oil in 2018, after watching the Rang Tan Greenpeace ca

By Dr Elliot Howard-Spink Adult orangutans eat hundreds of different types of food in the wild, but how do they learn what to eat? In our recently published study , we investigated whether immature orangutans must learn knowledge from other individuals to develop their exceptionally broad diets. We analysed over a decade of data previously collected on wild Sumatran orangutans in the Suaq Balimbing Research Area to characterize how immature orangutans engage in behaviours hyp

By Chiara De Gregorio,   Chiara.De-Gregorio@warwick.ac.uk Orangutans are often described as the “quiet giants” of the Southeast Asian forests. Yet adult males produce one of the most powerful vocal signals in the animal kingdom: the long call. These calls can travel for hundreds of meters through dense vegetation and play a crucial role in orangutan social life. They help males announce their presence, maintain spacing, avoid rivals, and attract potential mates in an environm