Critically Endangered Sumatran Orangutan Is Pregnant with 'Extremely Rare' Twins

Photo: Audubon Zoo The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans is preparing to welcome two new additions from a “critically endangered” species. A 12-year-old Sumatran orangutan named Menari is pregnant for the first time, and she’s expecting twins, thanks to a successful breeding match with the zoo’s male orangutan Jambi. She’s expected to give birth in December or January, according to arelease. “We are very excited about this pregnancy,” said Bob MacLean, the Audubon Zoo’s senior veterinarian, in a statement.

Critically Endangered Tiger at London Zoo Kills Potential Mate After Meeting Her for the First Time

Photo: Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty A zoo in London is mourning the loss of their female Sumatran tiger after the first interaction with her potential mate went completely wrong. The tragedy happened just ten days after Asim arrived at the zoo in the hope that he and Melati would help boost the dwindling numbers of the endangered big cats. Zookeepers had kept the tigers separated from each other in adjoining enclosures until they felt the animals were ready to meet.

Criticizing Trump on Immigration, Nancy Pelosi Points to Wife Melania's Family: 'I Don't Know If Merit Counted' Then

Photo: Kristina Bumphrey/Starpix/REX/Shutterstock; Ethan Miller/GettyHouse SpeakerNancy Pelosireiterated her criticism of PresidentDonald Trump‘s proposed immigration reforms on Wednesday — and pointed to First LadyMelania Trumpto help make her case.Pelosi, 79, was in San Francisco for a Commonwealth Club of California eventwhen she commented on the president’s suggested reforms, which are unlikely to gain traction in Congress. As part of a sweeping set of proposals earlier this month, Trump called for limiting family-based immigrants in favor of “merit-based” admittance for highly educated or skilled workers.

Critics Blast Kat Von D as She Reveals She Opposes Vaccinations and Plans to Raise Her Son Vegan

Kat Von Dwants people to keep their unsolicited advice about her life to themselves. The celebrity tattoo artist — who ispregnant with her first child, a boy, with husbandLeafar Seyer— posted an impassioned message to Instagram on Thursday, explaining that she’d appreciate for those who don’t like what she’s doing to “press the unfollow button and move the f— on.” In her post, the 36-year-oldKat Von D Beautyfounder, who is “openly vegan,” also said that she plans on having “a natural, drug-free home birth in water with a midwife and doula” and that she “has the intention of raising a vegan child, without vaccinations.

Critics Call Johnny Depp's Cannes Movie a 'Royal Disappointment' in First Reviews: 'Mostly Yawns'

Johnny Depp inJeanne du Barry(2023).Photo: Stéphanie Branchu Critics are weighing in onJohnny Depp’s new movie after it opened the 2023Cannes Film Festivalon Tuesday. Then, “they fall madly in love. Against all propriety and etiquette, Jeanne moves to Versailles, where her arrival scandalizes the court.” The first reviews arrived Tuesday afternoon.The Hollywood Reportercritic Jordan Mintzer said Depp’s casting “offers a few early thrills and then mostly yawns, with Depp dishing out what feels like a total of a dozen lines in respectable French, while otherwise remaining mute.