ape

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The area is home to the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, just 800 of which were believed to exist in the wild before the disaster.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

But there are no ape characters in the Lion King.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2026

Other digital asset treasury companies that sought to ape Saylor’s modus operandi have suffered a similar fate.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

Humans developed large brains and flatter faces at an unexpectedly swift pace compared to other apes, according to a new analysis of ape skulls by researchers at UCL.

From Science Daily • Oct. 29, 2025

I want to take a fresh look at things and form my own opinion, not just ape my parents, as in the proverb “The apple never falls far from the tree.”

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank