Vast expanses of orangutan habitat have been lost to palm oil, used for cooking, food products, and cosmetics. Composite Photograph by Tim Laman There’s another factor at work as well.

Nearly 200,000 people have signed a petition calling on U.K. multinational Jardine Matheson to cancel its plan to expand ...

Yet Hadisiswoyo and his group do make progress. Since 2001, they’ve returned more than 2,500 acres of forest to habitat land. And that orangutan from the rickshaw? The police questioned the ...

He noted that some of the orangutans he encountered appeared skinny, with their fur thinning because of malnutrition. Other ...

Their answers were edited for length. A: (Chan) The Toronto Zoo’s first-ever outdoor orangutan habitat was officially completed in June 2023. As with any animals getting used to a new space, it took ...

This habitat loss leads to starvation and increased human-orangutan conflict. Many orangutans are killed as agricultural pests, hunted for bushmeat or the illegal pet and performing animal trade.

The Sumatran orangutan is now restricted to the north of Sumatra. It depends on high-quality primary forests, and is less able to tolerate habitat disturbance than Bornean orangutans. Sumatran ...

What should his name be? This baby orangutan was expected next month, but he came a little earlier than expected at the ...