The baby orangutans were trying to stall before bedtime. One reached out to grab a particularly long leaf through the bars of its cage, encouraging a human to play, then employed a classic toddler ...

All 8 orphans, aged 11 months to 9 years, are being taught how to climb, forage for food and build sleeping nests by a dedicated team in the Borneo rainforest When we first heard about a school for ...

In the heart of the biodiverse rainforests of Borneo, a silent crisis is unfolding. The once-thriving orangutan population has continued to dwindle due to habitat destruction caused by human ...

Orangutans belong to the Hominidae family, also called the great apes. They are highly intelligent and share around 96.4% of our DNA. Orangutans are the only great apes in Asia, making their homes on ...

Dozens of critically endangered orangutans in Malaysia have been tested for the coronavirus, with vets in protective suits undertaking the tricky task of giving the apes nasal swabs. The antigen tests ...

Devastating forest fires have been burning through Indonesia since July Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal rescue and wildlife.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Social anthropologist Liana Chua leads a project, POKOK, that aims to reduce the killing of orangutans in Indonesian Borneo through deeper ...

Logging and hunting have decimated a population of Bornean orangutans in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park in Indonesia. Help has recently come from a pair of unlikely allies: an animal welfare ...