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Rainfall and landslides last year in Indonesia killed 7% of world’s rarest great apes – study

impacts of Cyclone Senyar on the orangutan population in its primary habitat in the West Block of the Batang Toru ecosystem, already [threatened by mining](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/09/tapanuli-orangutan-ape-indonesia-sumatra-martabe-gold-mine-aoe), palm oil plantations and a large hydropower

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Some plants have a genetic superpower that may help them survive a cataclysm

changes in the climate. [!["The primary way plants communicate with each other is through a language, so to speak, of chemical gasses," journalist Zoë Schlanger says.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/06/gettyimages-1231726401_sq-100c01cb88ab8eb0567b9ce3444c97ccc1357349.jpg?s=100&c=85&f=jpeg)](https://www.npr.org/2024/05/06/1249310672/plant-intelligence-the-light-eaters-zoe-schlanger) ### [Author Interviews](https://www.npr.org/sections/author-interviews/) ### [Plants

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