The Southeast Asian island, home to some of the world’s strangest and most iconic creatures, is a dream for a growing number ...
Surprisingly, researchers have found that a recently discovered population at a site called Batang Toru in western Sumatra is actually closer genetically to Bornean orangutans than to other ...
Primate staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s (NZCBI) campus in Washington, D.C., are mourning the loss of Kyle, a 28-year-old male Bornean orangutan who died ...
The Bornean orangutan population is predicted to decline by 86% from 1950 to 2025, due to habitat loss. It has been classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation ...
Engaging with timber companies: WWF is working with companies to mitigate the negative impacts of logging and timber plantations on habitats and orangutan populations. For example, studies show that ...
Multiple species of Rhinos are critically endangered, including Black rhinos, Javan rhinos, Northern white rhinos (a ...
Deforestation has caused the orangutan population to plummet ... According to the World Wildlife Fund, the number of wild Bornean orangutans has gravely decreased in the past century, mainly ...
Knowing little about Borneo, rainforests or orangutans ... and major efforts are being made to locate the remaining populations of wild orangutans and protect their habitat.
Pet orangutans need to undergo rehabilitation to restore their natural behaviors and break their dependency on humans.
A family of four Bornean orangutans are the most recent additions ... Naples Zoo CEO Jack Mulvena told WINK News their population in the wild is half of what it used to be.