An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Orangutans, ...

Dublin Zoo has announced the death of Leonie the Northwest Borean orangutan. The zoo said Leonie, who was 44-year-old, was an “iconic presence” since she arrived from Rotterdam Zoo in 1984. She was ...

A 14-year-old male orangutan is the newest member of the San Diego Zoo family. Labu, who can be seen at the zoo’s orangutan ...

A 14-year-old endangered creature has been welcomed by a zoo in California, officials said. On March 10, Labu, a Sumatran ...

The San Diego Zoo’s orangutan exhibit has a new inhabitant fresh out of Fresno. The orangutan group recently welcomed Labu, a ...

The Indianapolis Zoo has announced the name of its baby orangutan — meet Edi, which means "handsome one." Edi was born to ...

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In a flooded quarry near Bristol, England, ocean technology and exploration company DEEP is developing Sentinel— a modular underwater habitat that could allow humans to colonize the seafloor.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

This heartbreaking battle between an orangutan and the menacing digger was featured in an episode of BBC’s docuseries Climate Change: The Facts narrated by renowned naturalist Sir David ...

A new report showed that critically endangered orangutans are losing their Indonesian habitat to palm oil plantations, according to Mongabay. The U.S.-based Rainforest Action Network (RAN) used ...