There are estimated to be fewer than 800 Tapanuli orangutans left in the wild, living in a small patch of forest in North ...

A research team from the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) recently identified several Tapanuli orangutans in a peat forest ...

Over a decade of careful observation in the field, WWF-Malaysia’s Orangutan Conservation Team have found that orangutans have ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium unveiled plans for its next big project. The zoo is getting ready to transform its orangutan habitat into the Hubbard Orangutan Forest. Zoo ...

According to YOSL-OIC, the discovery provides critical information for conservation strategies, highlighting the importance of overlooked peat swamp forests as potential habitats for the critically ...

The Kansas City Zoo didn’t have the best track record when it came to penning-in its primates—two gorillas got out in 2012 and two chimpanzees ran away in 2014 (I assume they all were brought back?).

Investigations by the NGOs Earthsight, Auriga Nusantara and Mighty Earth have found that plywood from forests cleared in Indonesian Borneo — including critical orangutan habitat — is ending up in U.S.

BANDUNG, Indonesia -- Conservationists are demanding action after an orangutan was caught on camera smoking a cigarette thrown into its habitat at an Indonesian zoo, the latest in a string of ...

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium on Wednesday announced that Ruby — a 26-year-old female Bornean orangutan — is ...

In this intriguing #shorts video, witness the remarkable story of an orangutan with an incredible ability. Explore how this amazing creature serves as a "seeing eye" for its companions in the jungle.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. An orangutan briefly escaped its enclosure ...

MEDAN: For the first time, scientists have confirmed the presence of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo ...