Three orangutan babies are safe in a rehabilitation centre on the Indonesian island of Sumatra after being rescued from wildlife traffickers, who were intending to sell them into the illegal pet trade ...

BKSDA of West Kalimantan notes that as many as 439 wild animals, involving 28 species including orangutans, were rescued throughout 2017. The conflict has further magnified the extinction rate of ...

For months, 30 women breastfed their babies in front of a pregnant orangutan as part of a plan to teach the expecting mother how to care for her newborn at the Dublin Zoo in Ireland. Mujur, a ...

Every year on the third Friday in May, thousands of people around the world participate in Endangered Species Day by celebrating, learning about, and taking action to protect threatened and endangered ...

When a wild orangutan in Indonesia suffered a painful wound to his cheek, he did something that stunned researchers: He chewed plant leaves known to have pain-relieving and healing properties, rubbed ...

Police have formally named three male suspects in the brutal killing in Kapuas Hulu district. The habitat of Bornean orangutans has dwindled by over 50 percent in the past 20 years, and its population ...

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TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) — Busch Gardens Tampa Bay announced the birth of a critically endangered Bornean orangutan to its park on Saturday evening. The 335-acre animal theme park said the baby girl, ...

China has “panda diplomacy,” Australia parades koalas at global summits and now Malaysia plans to join the Asia-Pacific trend for adorable ambassadors – by gifting orangutans to countries that buy its ...