During guided outings in a small motorboat along a Malaysian river, we would also see purple herons, endangered storks, and — a highlight of the trip — an orangutan.

Video showed the male orangutan roaming across a chasm of sand streaked with white and black rocks. Read more at straitstimes ...

Footage of a seemingly confused orangutan roaming the desolate site of an Indonesian coal mine, meters from excavators, has ...

The images, taken last month by a local resident, are from the same province where Indonesia is building its new capital, a ...

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

However, the discovery of a previously unknown orangutan population in Malaysian Borneo is reason to hope. Human actions have reduced orangutan habitats by more than 80% over the past 20 years.

Footage of a seemingly confused orangutan roaming the desolate site ... are from the same province on Borneo island where Indonesia is building its new capital, a project environmentalists fear ...