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

Human activities have severely impacted orangutans' survival and habitats. Michelle Desilets from the Orangutan Land Trust ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium unveiled plans for its next big project. The zoo is getting ready to transform its orangutan habitat into the Hubbard Orangutan Forest. Zoo ...

This video documents a 3-day river journey through the Borneo jungle, known for its orangutan habitats. We share what it’s ...

The Kansas City Zoo didn’t have the best track record when it came to penning-in its primates—two gorillas got out in 2012 and two chimpanzees ran away in 2014 (I assume they all were brought back?).

A tunnel collapse at the site of a planned hydroelectric dam in Sumatra has killed a Chinese construction worker, bringing the death toll at the project site to 16 in the space of less than two years.

BANDUNG, Indonesia -- Conservationists are demanding action after an orangutan was caught on camera smoking a cigarette thrown into its habitat at an Indonesian zoo, the latest in a string of ...

Orangutan young highly depends on the social guidance of their mothers to know the safe food list for consumption.

An orangutan briefly escaped its enclosure at the Toronto Zoo on Thursday evening, and the zoo is now asking anyone who might have video of the caper to come forward. The zoo said a volunteer alerted ...

A tunnel collapse, the second this year, at the site of a planned hydroelectric dam in Sumatra has killed another Chinese construction worker. The latest incident brings the death toll at the project ...

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