At that height, tree branches are thin and begin to wobble as animals climb on them, much as a suspension footbridge vibrates as people walk over it. Too much vibration and an orangutan can be ...

THESE stunning images were nominees in the finals for the Nature Photographer of the Year competition 2020. From orangutans scaling trees to crocodiles surrounding an island, they showed the … ...

During a 2014 visit, we find a fruiting Chaetocarpus tree, a wild relative of the chestnut and very popular with orangutans. I climb the tree, rig two hidden DSLRs, and begin the long stakeout.

ADORABLE orphan orangutans are being taught to climb trees by conservationists who have had to learn the same high-rise skills. In order for the youngsters to one day return to the forest haunts ...

At a forest school in Borneo, baby orangutans learn tree-climbing skills from their human surrogate parents. The orphans spend 12 hours a day in the forest, preparing for a new life in the wild.

Orphaned orangutans attend classes where they learn to crack open coconuts, avoid predators, climb trees and much more Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Climbing into the secret world of an ancient Bornean rainforest. ... The trees offer nourishment to the orangutans—as well as to the other mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, fungi, ...

Vivy, a critically endangered Bornean orangutan, ... Video of the release shows the primate excitedly bursting from his crate to climb the nearest tree. After scaling one tree, ...

Picture this: a tiny orphaned orangutan, barely old enough to climb, gazes up at a towering tree in the middle of a dense rainforest. Instead of his mother, who would have shown him how to find ...

A pair of orangutans have begun exploring two new climbing towers built in their habitat in Melbourne Zoo. Zoos Victoria told Storyful that crews constructed the “tree-mendous” new towers for ...