There are estimated to be fewer than 800 Tapanuli orangutans left in the wild, living in a small patch of forest in North Sumatra, Indonesia, known as the Batang Toru Ecosystem. It’s thought their ...

Orangutans will also eat tree bark, roots, leaves, insects, and occasionally small mammals, such as slow lories. This is ...

Since it was first described by scientists in 2017, the Tapanuli orangutan, one of the world’s rarest great apes, was ...

Memphis Zoo announced Wednesday the death of its longtime male Sumatran orangutan Tombak, who lived "well beyond" his life ...

An orangutan named Rakus hit a rough patch in the summer of 2022. Researchers heard a fight between male orangutans in the treetops of a rainforest in Sumatra, Indonesia; a day later, they spotted ...

The critically-endangered Bornean orangutan baby took keepers at the Chester Zoo by surprise. This baby knows how to make an entrance! The Chester Zoo recently welcomed a critically-endangered Bornean ...

A video of the orangutan making the tool and using it to retrieve the bottle has been watched millions of times on TikTok A clever orangutan has become a TikTok sensation after a video of its ...

Veterinarians with the International Animal Rescue says she misses her mother. — -- A video of a baby orangutan hugging herself has gone viral this week. Although many viewers may think the ...