These are tough times for the orangutan. Not only does the tree-dwelling primate live on just two islands in south east Asia, they are also in line for extinction in the wild if the destruction of ...

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant — the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists ...

Researchers were shocked to find 200 members of an unknown Bornean orangutan population. Find out more about these endangered ...

A Sumatran orangutan in Indonesia has self-medicated using a paste made from plants to heal a large wound on his cheek, say scientists. It is the first time a creature in the wild has been ...

Exact population counts are difficult to ascertain, but the World Wildlife Fund estimates there are only 120,000 orangutans left in the wild across all species. They have a low reproductive rate ...