If you have no choice but to fight, look for a stick or any weapon. In hand-to-hand combat with a chimp, the man has everything to lose. Despite their height and physical power, orangutans are ...

"People here respect Dr. Biruté as the scientist who devoted her life to fighting to save the orangutans," says Herry Roustaman, a tour guide who heads the local boatmen's association. Galdikas ...

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Orangutans do this a lot when they’re mad ... Obviously Prabu had been in a fight, but was he the winner or the loser? As I watch, he rises up and gives the loud series of sounds known as ...

Orangutans that live in Sumatra usually make their nests in palm forests. But one day in 2014, Panut Hadisiswoyo caught sight of an orangutan riding around the streets of Medan, the island’s ...

An orangutan (not the one pictured) has been deemed safe after biting a zoo worker in Seattle. Chris Tellez via Unsplash An orangutan bit a zookeeper’s hand through a mesh barrier, causing a ...

housands of orangutans in East Kutai regency, East Kalimantan, are fighting for survival as vast stretches of their lush rainforest habitat rapidly give way to mines, residential developments and ...

Vandu and Raba are two Bornean Orangutans that have spent most of their lives in captivity at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, a glaring juxtaposition from the their relatives in ...

SEATTLE — An animal keeper at Woodland Park Zoo was seriously injured after being bitten by an orangutan during a routine training session over the weekend. The WPZ said the keeper was taken to ...

Effective orangutan conservation requires effective ... and supporting five community fire-fighting teams. Formed of committed people from the local villages, joined by our research assistants ...