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.

“Sometimes I feel like I’ve chosen the most difficult thing in the world to study,” Cheryl Knott tells me as we sit beneath the rain forest canopy at her orangutan research station in ...

Get ready to swing through the jungle of knowledge to celebrate International Orangutan Day on August 19th! 🦧 So, dust off your virtual climbing skills and join us for a wild ride as we dive ...

Get ready to swing through the jungle of knowledge to celebrate International Orangutan Day on August 19th! 🦧 So, dust off your virtual climbing skills and join us for a wild ride as we dive ...

Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal plant, the first time this behavior has been documented. Rakus, a male ...

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 ...