On Jan. 3, 2022, a video was posted to Reddit with the caption: "An orangutan tries to fight off a bulldozer destroying his forest." It received tens of thousands of upvotes on the r ...

An orangutan in a protected Indonesian rainforest site who sustained a facial wound treated the injury himself, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports earlier this month.

Orangutans are known as "gardeners of the forest" for their role in maintaining the health of ecosystems. As their habitats shrink, the intricate web of biodiversity suffers as well. The main ...

Although the clearing so far is relatively small, ongoing and planned clearing poses a serious threat to the survival of orangutans in the region, according to Amanda Hurowitz, forest commodities ...

Only 800 of the newly identified Tapanuli orangutans remain in the wild, all in northern Sumatra’s Batang Toru Forest. It’s one of the most biodiverse spots in Indonesia, home to such rare ...

Rakus isn't from the forest where he was seen caring for his injury. "Orangutan males disperse from their natal area during or after puberty over long distances to either establish a new home ...

A female orangutan forages for ripe figs in the rainforest canopy of Gunung Palung National Park in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan Province. The park’s 417 square miles support about 2,500 of the ...

Baby animals. To that end, the Saint Louis Zoo (1 Government Drive, stlzoo.org) is excited to introduce you to Forest, the cutest new member of the zoo's Sumatran orangutan family. Rubih ...

Meanwhile, the Orangutan Forest "will maintain the iconic 40-foot-tall geodesic dome, but expand to include a complex outdoor space that is engaging for both the orangutans and visitors alike.

Anup Shah and Fiona Rogers Darkness is fast approaching at Camp Leakey, the outpost in a Borneo forest that Biruté Mary Galdikas created almost 40 years ago to study orangutans. The scientist ...

What an extraordinary creature the orangutan is. But, this ‘person of the forest’ (that’s what orangutan means in Malay) is now at serious risk. A century ago, orangutans lived in forests all across ...