Three orangutan babies are safe in a rehabilitation centre on the Indonesian island of Sumatra after being rescued from wildlife traffickers, who were intending to sell them into the illegal pet trade ...

The Borneo orangutans – the man of the jungle in Malay – inhabit the forests of Borneo, both within the borders of Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia as well as in the Kalimantan provinces of Indonesia.

Jala received a medical checkup before being transported by foot through the forest and by boat on a river before his release in a conservation forest of Tanagupa in Gunung Palung National Park in ...

One of the last places on Earth where Sumatran elephants, tigers and orangutans coexist in the wild has received long-term protection. The Indonesian Ministry of Forestry approved a conservation ...

Bioparc Fuengirlo runs a program to conserve Bornean orangutans, deemed a critically endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). "That little one right now is like ...

The Kansas City Zoo in Missouri announced on Sunday that one of its Bornean orangutans gave birth to a boy last Monday, nearly a week before Mother’s Day. "We are excited to announce that a critically ...

The animal, a girl, weighed in at 3 lbs., 4 oz., at the time of her birth Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Busch Gardens Tampa Bay has welcomed a new addition to its animal family! Earlier this month, a ...

Every year on the third Friday in May, thousands of people around the world participate in Endangered Species Day by celebrating, learning about, and taking action to protect threatened and endangered ...

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July 27 (UPI) --A U.K. zoo is heralding the arrival of a new orangutan baby, the second born at the zoo in the past four weeks. The Dudley Zoo in Dudley, U.K., announced Tuesday that Sprout, its ...