Tempted by the fruit of a strangler fig, a Bornean orangutan climbs 100 feet into the canopy. With males weighing as much as 200 pounds, orangutans are the world’s largest tree-dwelling animals.

Biological anthropologist Cheryl Knott and photojournalist Tim Laman have dedicated their lives to the orangutans of Borneo’s Gunung Palung National Park. Together with their children ...

Vivy, a Bornean Orangutan, has made his way back to the rainforest after almost succumbing to malnourishment. As reported by People magazine, rescuers from the Orangutan Project, a non-profit ...

Bornean elephants have been travelling along this forest river for over ten thousand years. Yet over the past two decades, palm oil plantations have been eating into the forest on either side of ...

A second Bornean orangutan has been born at a zoo. Dudley Zoo and Castle were "excited" to welcome the arrival from mum, 11-year-old Sprout, over the weekend. Sprout's mum, Jazz, 30, gave birth ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of pitcher plant on the Malaysian island of Borneo, with leaves covered in hairs resembling orangutan fur. This plant, named Nepenthes pongoides ...

Vandu and Raba are two Bornean Orangutans ... The side of animal cruelty in Hong Kong you may not see but are contributing to “Vandu, Wah Wah and the other orangutans have developed neurotic ...

The statue has been created as part of the zoo's programme to educate visitors on the risks facing orangutans A giant statue of a Bornean orangutan has been unveiled at a zoo. The steel artwork at ...

Jakarta - The charred bodies of the endangered Bornean orangutans, believed to be a mother ... They are sometimes targeted by villagers who view them as pests, and caught by poachers who want ...