Four days of extreme rain killed 7% of world's rarest orangutans, study says - BBC

Brett T. Evans has more than a decade of experience driving, writing about, and evaluating automobiles. His early career comprised writing about pre- and post-war classic cars, as well as late-model performance diesel trucks. These varied experiences allowed him the chance to gain expertise in every corner of the auto world. Today, he spends much of his time on modern car culture and mass-market news. The Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible is getting some special attention from a most unlikely place. The Bow Tie's Japanese business arm will build a rare special edition of the V8-powered droptop, and although the changes are primarily cosmetic, hardcore Corvette fans may want to consider moving to Hokkaido or Kyoto to get their hands on one. Although oddly, the new V8 Tourer – as it's called – doesn't even get the American market's updated 6.7-liter small-block engine. This could be the first time that JDM "forbidden fruit" is less tasty than the American varietal.

This week’s cover of the international journal 'Science' features a young orangutan striking an awkward pose as it imitates an adult orangutan. An international research team from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany, Universitas Nasional (UNAS) in Indonesia, and the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom analyzed how young Sumatran orangutans (scientific name Pongo abelii) acquire new behaviors as they grow, through social relationships and individual exploration, and published their findings on the 24th (local time) in the journal 'Science'.