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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
To see how smoke affects endangered orangutans, we studied their voices during and after massive Indonesian wildfiresAn adult male orangutan contemplates his next move in haze produced by Indonesia's 2015 wildfires.Wendy Erb, CC BY-ND

Bornean 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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