By Rhett A. Butler Orangutans have long captured the human imagination, their expressive eyes and human-like behaviors ...

Orangutans do this a lot when they’re mad ... Obviously Prabu had been in a fight, but was he the winner or the loser? As I watch, he rises up and gives the loud series of sounds known as ...

Ten years ago, I set off for Borneo to study orangutans. I knew how closely related they were to humans, but when I actually experienced the orangutans first hand, I found the similarities ...

"During daily observations of the orangutans, we noticed that a male named Rakus had sustained a facial wound, most likely ...

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 ...

When infants are targeted, the traffickers usually kill their mothers so the trade represents a real threat to wild orang-utan populations. In addition, orang-utans are hunted in some areas for food ...

Secret Lives of Orangutans hits you with the fast facts you crave and lots of up-close camera work to reveal the habits of ...

One of the Toronto Zoo’s orangutans got up to some monkey business on Thursday when he briefly escaped his outdoor habitat. According to posts on its social media, the zoo was notified by a ...

There's some good news about the survival rates of orangutans in protected forests on the Malaysian island of Borneo. Numbers have stabilised over the last 15 years, according to a new study by ...

Chantek was being treated for progressive heart disease, Zoo Atlanta said An orangutan who was one of the first apes to learn sign language has died in Atlanta, Georgia, aged 39. Chantek lived ...

Orangutans are bought online for as little as $109. When they outgrow their homes, they can be confined to cages. Image taken by Alejo Sabugo I’m a scientist and I’d like to think a good one ...

WWF Malaysia has led a project in Borneo to stop the loss of orangutan habitat, whilst helping the wellbeing of the communities that live there too. Batang Ai National Park is one of the oldest Iban ...