Over just four decades, almost a third of the tropical rainforest has been completely eliminated. ... Bornean orangutan populations have declined by more than 50 percent since around 1950, ...

Northern Sumatra is a magical tropical home to the endangered orangutan. But their rainforest home is being cut down, and many are orphaned as their habitat is lost. Researchers are working hard ...

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 ...

Orangutans are also known as 'gardeners of the rainforest' as they help with seed dispersal by consuming various fruits and moving between trees. ... due to hunting and habitat loss, the species range ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB) and the University of Konstanz in Germany, working with ...

Only about 100,000 Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) remain, less than half of their original numbers.People are killing the iconic orange apes at rates that could lead to their extinction on ...

Camouflage is a tool that insects and animals use as a defense mechanism. If they can blend in with their surroundings, they can hide their movement and location. “In regions with such intense ...

Explore Brookfield Zoo’s new Tropical Forests habitat with chimps, gorillas and kid-friendly rainforest adventures.