Seen but not forgotten: How citizen science helps document biodiversity in remote Borneo villages - The Conversation

Orangutans are one of the most solitary species of great apes – but a long-term study has discovered that orangutan mothers will interrupt their solitude to make sure their offspring have ‘playdates’. The findings, published in the journal PNAS, reveal that mothers look for opportunities for their young to play with similarly-aged playmates – travelling further away from their ‘core’ area and towards another mother’s core area to do so.

You know when you stare at cute things for too long and they start to look creepy? I’m thinking garden gnomes, baby dolls, any child in a princess outfit and all cats. Well, now there’s another one to add to the list. The tufted ground squirrel (Rheithrosciurus macrotis) might look bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, but according to the Dayak hunters of Borneo where it lives, it’s a cold-blooded killer.