The rust-colored orang-utan refuses to come down from his nest high up in the trees. He’s been sitting up there for more than an hour eating some fruit, barely paying attention to his many adoring ...
Some figured it out more quickly than others.
The number of orangutans on the island of Borneo has more than halved in 16 years, as hunting of the critically endangered species continues and rampant deforestation destroys its habitat, scientists ...
The steamy, jungle-covered tropical island of Borneo was once considered one of the remotest, wildest places on earth. A place where orangutans and headhunters lurked undisturbed. Together with ...
Alba, an albino orangutan, sits inside a cage during release at Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, on Dec. 19, 2018. The world’s only known albino orangutan climbed ...
Orangutans belong to the Hominidae family, also called the great apes. They are highly intelligent and share around 96.4% of our DNA. Orangutans are the only great apes in Asia, making their homes on ...
Orang-utan and Pygmy Elephant survival in the Heart of Borneo has received a major boost with the certification of nearly 300,000ha of important habitat in the Malaysian state of Sabah, Borneo. Kota ...
This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you nine stories in the fields of nature and ...
A Bornean orangutan has been filmed eating a slow loris—the first time this behavior has been seen in this population of orangutans. Orangutan diets are composed primarily of fruit. they also eat ...
(AP) An orangutan that was shot with an air rifle has been rescued in the Indonesian part of Borneo, and rescuers are working to remove 104 pellets from her body, a conservationist said Saturday. The ...
A rare albino orangutan has been rescued on the Indonesian part of Borneo island where villagers were keeping the white-haired, blue-eyed creature in a cage, a protection group said Tuesday. In an ...
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