An orphaned baby orangutan has been rescued after spending 6 months in a 'tiny cage' and 'unthinkable' conditions in ...

On a trail not far from Knott’s research station, I see evidence of these conflicts. A male orangutan named Prabu sits high in the branches of a strangler fig, occasionally peering down to ...

They might live in the trees, swinging from branch to branch, but orangutans are still some of the most human-like creatures you can find in the wild. We share over 96% of the same DNA.

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 ...

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If all goes according to plan, the orangutan rescued from international wildlife trade in Kalyan last November will soon return to Indonesia, its country of origin. The Wildlife Crime Control ...