In the dense forests of Indonesia, you can hear strange and haunting sounds. At first, these calls may seem like a random ...

The Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, captured a critically-endangered Bornean orangutan birth on camera ... year-old critically-endangered mother sitting in a nest of hay before she calmly ...

Today an estimated 48,000 orangutans live in Borneo and another 6,500 in Sumatra ... we encounter only a feverish, emaciated male sitting listlessly beside a tree. "That's Jidan," Galdikas ...

At six months old, human infants are still working on sitting up by themselves ... Sinta, a 1-year-old Bornean orangutan, shows off her nest building skills. Sumatran orangutans (closely related ...

Vivy, a Bornean Orangutan, has made his way back to the rainforest after almost succumbing to malnourishment. As reported by People magazine, rescuers from the Orangutan Project, a non-profit ...

To prepare for the birth, Khali was separated from Sulango and a 49-year-old female Bornean orangutan, Dumplin, zoo officials said. “Since the birth, Sulango has been frequently seen sitting in ...

Human actions have led to the deaths of more than 100,000 Bornean orangutans since 1999, mainly for crop protection, bushmeat or the illegal wildlife trade. For the first time in 15 years ...

The Kansas City Zoo in Missouri announced on Sunday that one of its Bornean orangutans gave birth to a boy last Monday, nearly a week before Mother’s Day. "We are excited to announce that a ...

TAMPA, Fla. — After welcoming a newborn Bornean orangutan to the family in April, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is finally looking to give her a name – and they want you to help. Her birth was more ...

Scientists have previously recorded other primates using plants to treat themselves. Bornean orangutans rubbed themselves with juices from a medicinal plant, possibly to reduce body pains or chase ...