Learn where orangutans live and eight amazing facts about them, plus WWF’s efforts to protect their habitats in Asia.

When a wild orangutan leaves its mother after spending many years by her side, it has a mental catalog of almost 250 edible plants and animals, and ...

When a wild orangutan leaves its mother after spending many years by her side, it has a mental catalog of almost 250 edible ...

Orangutans, humans’ close evolutionary relatives, have developed remarkable strategies to survive in the unpredictable rainforests of Borneo. A Rutgers-led study reveals that these apes balance ...

Nutrition in Wild Orangutans: Insights Into Human Health will feature information about orangutan diet, behavior, and physiology that can shed light on the current obesity epidemic in modern day ...

There are two species of orangutan: Bornean (Pongo pygmaeus) and Sumatran (Pongo Abelli). Bornean and Sumatran orangutans differ slightly in appearance and behavior. Both species have drastically ...

Meet Oshine, the overweight orangutan. She's been put on a healthy diet after becoming the fattest primate in Britain, meaning no more goodies for the podgy primate. The obese orangutan is the latest ...

In more than 20 years of field research, Rakus is the first orangutan to be observed using a medicinal plant to treat wounds. Armas / Suaq Project via Max Planck Institute In June 2022, a team of ...

A wildlife park has put a orangutan on a diet so that she can be returned to the wild. Jackie was 'spoilt' on junk food after being discovered by villagers when she was 2 years old. She weighed over ...

It’s snack time at the orangutan jungle school in Nyaru Menteng. But one lovable male, Beni, is on a very strict diet. Undeterred, he’ll try every trick in the book to get past his keepers. From the ...