A new study finds that primate skulls, including those from threatened species such as orangutans, gibbons and proboscis monkeys, are openly sold in Bali shops, despite the trade being illegal.
Indonesian authorities have shut down a macabre trade in wildlife skulls and parts online, seizing 94 items and detaining two ...
A quarter of the skulls traded came from legally protected species, including critically endangered Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus), gibbons (genus Hylobates), and endangered proboscis monkeys ...
Throughout the 11 years of the study, the researchers observed 754 primate skulls that included macaques, langurs, proboscis monkeys, and orangutans. According to the IUCN Red List, the proboscis ...