At a forest school in Borneo, baby orangutans learn tree-climbing skills from their human surrogate parents. The orphans spend 12 hours a day in the forest, preparing for a new life in the wild.

They might live in the trees, swinging from branch to branch, but orangutans are still some of the most human-like creatures you can find in the wild. We share over 96% of the same DNA.

Sebangau National Park is a very large area (568,000 ha) in the southern part of Borneo, in the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan. Wide areas bordering the Sebangau National Park became ...

a critically endangered Bornean orangutan, is back swinging through the trees after months of recovery. According to The ...

A Sumatran orangutan in Indonesia has self-medicated using a paste made from plants to heal a large wound on his cheek, say scientists. It is the first time a creature in the wild has been ...

Here’s a question for you: how do you film a large, dominant, and allegedly aggressive male orangutan in thick, murky peat ...

With males weighing as much as 200 pounds, orangutans are the world’s largest tree-dwelling animals. It's an exciting time for Knott and other orangutan researchers, as advances in technology ...