This assumes, of course, that there will still be orangutans left to study in the forests of Borneo and Sumatra. In the 1980s and ’90s, some conservationists predicted that orangutans would go ...

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 ...

More than 100,000 Critically Endangered orangutans have been killed in Borneo since 1999, research has revealed. Scientists who carried out a 16-year survey on the island described the figure as ...

According to The Orangutan Project, a nonprofit that supports orangutan conservation projects, rescuers found the young male ...

Of greatest conservation concern is the orangutan, which occurs naturally on only two islands in the world, Borneo and Sumatra, and is under increasingly severe pressure, primarily from habitat loss.

Orangutans were once distributed widely across Southeast Asia, roaming as far north as southern China, and as far south as the Indonesian island of Javar. But today Asia's great ape is confined to ...

When you're a baby orangutan facing a long and daunting trip abroad, a bit of luxury goes a long way. Kiwi was given a ...

Many orangutans had to be rescued from the blazes. COP, which runs an orangutan rescue centre in Borneo, carried out an autopsy on the apes after they were discovered last month. The group found ...

Michaela Strachan and Steve Leonard present a series featuring orphaned and rescued orangutans in Borneo. Steve rescues a female who has dislocated her ankle fleeing her captors. Show more ...

They are cared for by foster mother Oshine, an orangutan from Borneo rescued from the illegal pet trade in South Africa in 2010. Monkey World director Dr Alison Cronin said: "It is so important ...

Michaela Strachan and Steve Leonard present a series featuring orphaned and rescued orangutans in Borneo. Steve tries to rescue a baby orangutan being illegally held in a village. Show more ...