International Orangutan Day 2025 highlights the urgent need to protect orangutans from extinction while celebrating their ...

These magnificent apes have long arms, an orange coat and are very intelligent. Find out everything you need to know about ...

World Orangutan Day 2025 highlights urgent conservation needs as new research shows orangutans share human-like behaviors.

Despite years of research into their complex behavior and intelligence, orangutans remain critically endangered on the ...

In the run-up to International Orangutan Day on 19 August, JoJo – the first orangutan rescued back in 2009 by Yayasan Inisiasi Alam Rehabilitasi Indonesia (YIARI) in collaboration with the West ...

A primate sanctuary has appealed for public funding to help it feed a baby orangutan, which has allergies. Monkey World Ape ...

A mural has been unveiled to commemorate the much loved pair, Sibu and Leonie, who died in 2024 and 2025 respectively ...

Amid record-breaking heat, a special "ice cake" filled with fruit was presented to "Popo," a 7-year-old female orangutan, at ...

Dublin Zoo has officially announced the arrival of Miri, a female adult Bornean orangutan - as it unveils a mural paying ...

A new orangutan has moved in to Dublin Zoo. 34-year-old Miri has moved from a zoo in Germany and is now living in the ...

The name orangutan means ‘man of the forest’ in the Malay language. These great apes share 96.4% of our genes and are highly intelligent creatures. Orangutans live about 35 to 40 years.