After learning how to survive independently in the jungle, she has been allowed to return to her home in the Busang Ecosystem ...

“Sometimes I feel like I’ve chosen the most difficult thing in the world to study,” Cheryl Knott tells me as we sit beneath the rain forest canopy at her orangutan research station in ...

However, a few zoos have come up with ways to broaden their animals' horizons, and the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington ...

The Kentucky zoo said the orangutan, named Amber, is known for her "playful personality" and often points out things about visitors Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...

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Michael Waltz, Donald Trump’s security advisor, responds that, given the limited capabilities of European navies, it is only the US who can reopen Red Sea shipping lanes. “Per the president’s request ...

The Indianapolis Zoo welcomed a male baby orangutan to its Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center. This makes it 12 official primates that live at the zoo. The baby was born at 2:30 p.m. on ...

JAKARTA — Illegal deforestation has reportedly surged to record levels in a wildlife reserve at the northern tip of Indonesia ...

Get ready to swing through the jungle of knowledge to celebrate International Orangutan Day on August 19th! 🦧 So, dust off your virtual climbing skills and join us for a wild ride as we dive ...

Habitat loss is by far the greatest threat to orang-utans. Huge tracts of forest have been cleared throughout their range and the land used for agriculture, particularly palm oil plantations. Road ...