Orangutans, the only wild great ape species found in Asia, are under serious threat due to habitat loss, illegal killing, the pet trade, and wildfires used to clear land for agricultural and pulpwood ...

As new settlers clear their forest habitat, the apes are coming into conflict with humans. But simply moving them to another part of the forest may not be the answer Support for this article was ...

Editor's note: The following is The Week's Good News newsletter. You can subscribe to it on Substack here or register to have it emailed to you every week here. A critically endangered Sumatran ...

An intrepid male orangutan crosses an artificial bridge connecting trees on either side of a public road. Screenshot from SOS social media video For the first time, a Sumatran orangutan has been ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For the first time, conservationists have captured video of a Sumatran orangutan using an artificial canopy bridge ...

A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, conservationists said Monday. Subscribe to read ...

A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, conservationists said Monday. Rapid development has ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, conservationists said ...

A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time crossing a man-made canopy bridge constructed to help the endangered animals bypass a tarred road on the Indonesian island, an NGO said Sunday.

The Orangutan Project is helping Charlie learn the skills he needs to return to the wild Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal ...

LOS ANGELES -- High in the treetops of Southeast Asia, a young orangutan named Indah is preparing for her biggest challenge yet: growing up. Her journey is the heart of Disneynature's newest film, ...

Biruté Galdikas spent two months in the rainforest before she saw an orangutan. She was 25, and she had given up an easy life in Los Angeles for what people told her would be an impossible one in ...