I write to add to the information in Hazel Smith’s letter (Herald, Oct. 7) about the connection between palm oil and orangutans, and to suggest another way to help them in addition to avoiding palm ...

The Kansas City Zoo didn’t have the best track record when it came to penning-in its primates—two gorillas got out in 2012 and two chimpanzees ran away in 2014 (I assume they all were brought back?).

BANDUNG, Indonesia -- Conservationists are demanding action after an orangutan was caught on camera smoking a cigarette thrown into its habitat at an Indonesian zoo, the latest in a string of ...

Local ranger Amran Siagian, 39, looks for orangutans in an area that he says is a remnant of illegal logging activity, in the forest of Sipirok, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. An orangutan briefly escaped its enclosure ...

Three critically endangered orangutans have been released into a national park after years of rehabilitation. Badul, Korwas, and Asoka were carefully transported to Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park ...

Indonesian Pulpwood producer PT Mayawana Persada is continuing to clear peatlands on critical Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) habitat, despite a government order to stop clearing. An NGO coalition ...

At Fort Wayne Zoo in Fort Wayne, Indiana, people are celebrating after a Sumatran orangutan named Raya was born to mother ...

NGOs have accused PT Mayawana Persada, a company with a massive pulpwood concession in Indonesian Borneo, of extensive deforestation that threatens both Indigenous lands and orangutan habitat. In a ...

A baby orangutan was born at the Memphis Zoo in December, marking an important milestone for the critically endangered species. The baby is named Ruhana, which means essence of life in Sanskrit. The ...