Biological anthropologist Cheryl Knott and photojournalist Tim Laman have dedicated their lives to the orangutans of Borneo’s Gunung Palung National Park. Together with their children ...

Tempted by the fruit of a strangler fig, a Bornean orangutan climbs 100 feet into the canopy. With males weighing as much as 200 pounds, orangutans are the world’s largest tree-dwelling animals.

Orangutans are the only great apes in Asia, making their homes on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra in the Malay archipelago. Orangutans are arboreal, meaning they primarily live in the trees.

Bornean orangutan Kyle climbs a web made of recycled fire hose in the Great Ape House’s outdoor habitat. Connor Mallon, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

Categorised as “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the population of Borneo orangutans is estimated to be 104,700 due to loss of habitat ...

This is the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, where orphaned baby apes are cared for by their very own nannies. Abandoned youngsters are brought into the centre in Kalimantan, Borneo ...

It said the birth had been "exciting news" for the zoo as Bornean orangutans were a critically endangered species. Keeper Georgina Barnes said the family had since been seen "cuddling up together".

The Bornean orangutan is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Native to Borneo’s rainforests, the species faces extinction due to habitat loss, poaching, and wildlife trade. It ...