After learning how to survive independently in the jungle, she has been allowed to return to her home in the Busang Ecosystem ...

A zookeeper described the 43-year-old orangutan who has lived at the zoo his whole life as an intelligent, thoughtful ...

These are tough times for the orangutan. Not only does the tree-dwelling primate live on just two islands in south east Asia, they are also in line for extinction in the wild if the destruction of ...

Galdikas had been told by professors and peers that it would be impossible to study wild orangutans because they were elusive and lived almost exclusively in habitats that were swampy and remote ...

Located in the northern end of Sumatra, Bukit Lawang has developed a reputation as a destination for wildlife. This small ...

The “people of the forest” won’t live in the wild much longer if we keep chopping down their rainforest homes.

However, a few zoos have come up with ways to broaden their animals' horizons, and the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington ...