Orangutans belong to the Hominidae family, also called the great apes. They are highly intelligent and share around 96.4% of ...

Tempted by the fruit of a strangler fig, a Bornean orangutan climbs 100 feet into the canopy. With males weighing as much as 200 pounds, orangutans are the world’s largest tree-dwelling animals.

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 ...

Bornean orangutan Kyle climbs a web made of recycled fire hose in the Great Ape House’s outdoor habitat. Connor Mallon, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

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 ...

The statue has been created as part of the zoo's programme to educate visitors on the risks facing orangutans A giant statue of a Bornean orangutan has been unveiled at a zoo. The steel artwork at ...

It said the birth had been "exciting news" for the zoo as Bornean orangutans were a critically endangered species. Keeper Georgina Barnes said the family had since been seen "cuddling up together".

The lands are home to the critically endangered Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), and any habitat loss pushes the animal closer to extinction. Mayawana Persada’s concession spans nearly ...