What should his name be? This baby orangutan was expected next month, but he came a little earlier than expected at the ...

We share more than 97% of our genetic makeup with primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. But that doesn’t ...

As we talk, Knott’s associates are at work in the surrounding forest of Indonesia’s Gunung Palung National Park with GPS units and iPads, following orangutans in their daily wanderings ...

Once Luna is in stable condition, the mother and daughter will be together again. Bornean orangutans are from the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. They are distinct from Sumatran orangutans in size ...

The orangutans, 22-year-old Malu and 34-year-old Gabby, are regularly climbing the new towers to “survey their surroundings and scout potential […] advertisement WNCT Greenville ...

He noted that some of the orangutans he encountered appeared skinny, with their fur thinning because of malnutrition. Other ...

Orangutans that live in Sumatra usually make their nests in palm forests. But one day in 2014, Panut Hadisiswoyo caught sight of an orangutan riding around the streets of Medan, the island’s ...

Ten years ago, I set off for Borneo to study orangutans. I knew how closely related they were to humans, but when I actually experienced the orangutans first hand, I found the similarities ...

Orangutans are bought online for as little as $109. When they outgrow their homes, they can be confined to cages. Image taken by Alejo Sabugo I’m a scientist and I’d like to think a good one ...

We also help to rescue orang-utans from traders. Reducing human orang-utan conflicts: We work with governments, communities and plantation owners on practical methods to keep orangutans out of ...