World's rarest great ape decimated by 4 days of extreme rain, with 7% of population lost to cyclone

Infant Tapanuli orangutan clinging to mother.

A single climate-change-fueled cyclone killed 7% of Tapanuli orangutans ‪—‬ the world's rarest great apes ‪—‬ in just four days last year, new research reveals.

The study shows that "climate change-driven weather poses an immediate, catastrophic threat to the world's rarest great ape," the researchers wrote.