A baby orangutan has been rescued and is “on the road to recovery” after he was kept in a “tiny cage" amid “unthinkable” conditions for six months. In an Instagram post on Jan. 8, The Orangutan ...

Vivy, a critically endangered Bornean orangutan, is back swinging through the trees after months of recovery. According to The Orangutan Project, a nonprofit that supports orangutan conservation ...

Look at those big, beautiful eyes! People online are cheering after a baby orangutan and 16 other wild animals were saved from a smuggling ring in Chumphon, Thailand. Things could've been so bad for ...

A moving new video shows the first meeting between two baby orangutans that were recently rescued. The baby orangutans, Gito and Asoka, are currently being cared for by the International Animal Rescue ...

Mely the female orangutan had never been taught how to use her arms or legs after her mother was killed and she was captured to became a family pet ...

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

After completing rehabilitation at the BORA Rescue & Rehabilitation Centre in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Bornean orangutans Ucockwati, 18, and Mungil, 8, were deemed eligible for release Shafiq Najib ...

The huge primate looks mellow and relaxed on the operating table. A veterinary staff member of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme center conducts medical examinations on a 14-year-old male ...

This week on Humankind, inspiration came in many forms. Creatures featured heavily in our favorite stories. We saw an ape take a shine to a mom and her baby at the zoo, a squirrel tag along with a ...

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