Indonesia's planned deforestation threatens the world's third-largest rainforest, home to endangered species like orangutans, ...

However, they were once native to various Indonesian islands. Orangutans inhabit tropical lowland rainforests. They prefer habitats in river valleys and floodplains. They live mostly in the trees and ...

In contrast to chimpanzees and bonobos who are very vocal, "orangutans are the quiet thinkers," Khan said. Primates at the zoo are often given food in puzzle feeders that they have to figure out ...

“When food becomes scarce, the orangutan will move to higher areas,” he said, adding that this would make it harder for them as forests were becoming more isolated and fragmented due to ...

An employee of the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle was hospitalized over the weekend after being bitten on the hand by an orangutan during a routine training session. The worker, whose identity hasn ...

housands of orangutans in East Kutai regency, East Kalimantan, are fighting for survival as vast stretches of their lush rainforest habitat rapidly give way to mines, residential developments and ...

SEATTLE — An animal keeper at Woodland Park Zoo was seriously injured after being bitten by an orangutan during a routine training session over the weekend. The WPZ said the keeper was taken to ...

A zookeeper at Woodland Park Zoo had a serious injury to their hand after they were bit by an orangutan through a mesh barrier. The incident happened during a routine training session. The staff ...

Severe malaria cases in rescued orangutans raises concerns for wild populations ...