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Become an eye in the sky to help scientists count orangutans

February 19, 2018April 6, 2018 / mike shanahan / Leave a comment

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The orangutan, the strangler fig and the photographer — a story of entwined lives

October 19, 2016November 16, 2017 / mike shanahan / Leave a comment
Orangutan climbing the pillar root of a strangler fig (Ficus stupenda)

Tim Laman / Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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Borneo’s eco-stranded apes with nowhere to call home

January 25, 2012January 19, 2013 / mike shanahan / 2 Comments

Who’s that hiding in the trees? It’s a Bornean orangutan, an ape with an unhappy history and an uncertain future. Continue reading →

Golden green grunge for rare red orangutans

January 22, 2012January 25, 2012 / mike shanahan / 6 Comments

It’s a biologist’s dream — a rock band that’s named after plankton and makes conservation cool. Continue reading →

Millions of long lost logs and a single special tree

January 19, 2012February 10, 2012 / mike shanahan / Leave a comment

If the ground beneath my feet last week could talk, it could tell a long story of land and logging, crime and conservation — the kind of story that defines rainforest politics. Continue reading →

Game reveals complex links between poverty and threats to apes

January 11, 2012January 22, 2013 / mike shanahan / 2 Comments

There were 50 ape experts in a room and a quick game to play to break the ice. “If you agree with the statement, go to the left side of the room,” said the facilitator. “If you disagree go to the right.” Continue reading →

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I am the author of 'Ladders To Heaven: How fig trees shaped our history, fed our imaginations and can enrich our future' (Unbound, 2016). My book was published in the US and Canada as 'Gods, Wasps, and Stranglers: The Secret History and Redemptive Future of Fig Trees' (Chelsea Green, 2016).
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