Orangutan Emergency in Indonesia: The Edge of Extinction
The extinction of the world's great apes, taking place in remote rainforests and seemingly out of our control, is much closer than you might imagine -- and the solution is nearer still.
The extinction of the world's great apes, taking place in remote rainforests and seemingly out of our control, is much closer than you might imagine -- and the solution is nearer still.
The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 04.13.2012
An orangutan trapped in a snare for ten days was rescued by International Animal Rescue (IAR) Thursday. The rescue team sedated the young male, f...
AP | Posted 04.24.2012
JAKARTA, Indonesia — One of the orangutans starring in the IMAX film "Born to Be Wild" has been treated to a special jungle screening in Indones...
AP | Posted 03.26.2012
CLEVELAND -- A Cleveland Clinic women's health specialist has made a house call at the zoo to demonstrate how to fit an orangutan with a newer brand o...
Posted 10.22.2011
Orangutans have been making quite a splash in news this summer. Most recently, people watched in awe as an orangutan at Japan's Tama Zoo cooled of...
Posted 10.20.2011
Somebody may want to show this video to Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann. An orangutan at Japan's Tama Zoo delighted visitors with its cooling off s...
Posted 05.25.2011
The Denver Zoo welcomed a new member this summer; a female baby orangutan named Hetsy. Hetsy, who was born on June 19, is doing well and bonding with...
WFMZ Allentown | Posted 05.25.2011
Animal rights activists are trying to end the practice of orangutan boxing at a park called Safari World in Thailand. Though the animals mostly mak...
CNET News | Posted 05.25.2011
She's like the Ashton Kutcher of the ape world: An orangutan in the Vienna Zoo now has a Facebook fan page to showcase the photos she takes with a dig...
Posted 05.25.2011
Texas and Alabama do not play for the BCS National Championship until tonight, but one oracle has already weighed in on who will be victorious. Bruno,...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
SYDNEY — Officials at an Australian zoo say a clever orangutan used a rope to swing out of its enclosure and enjoy a brief taste of freedom. Pu...
Josh Tickell | Posted 05.25.2011
The next time you eat a cookie off of your Mahogany table that was brought to you on diesel-fueled transportation, consider this: everything you touch, everything you buy and everything you eat comes at a price.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
ADELAIDE, Australia — A zoo in Australia was evacuated Sunday after an "ingenious" 137-pound (62-kilogram) orangutan short-circuited an electric...
Posted 05.25.2011
Karta, a 27-year-old orangutan short-circuited electrical wires and built a make-shift ladder to climb a fence in an escape attempt at Australia's Ade...
AP | ROBIN McDOWELL | Posted 05.25.2011
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Conservationists have discovered a new population of orangutans in a remote, mountainous corner of Indonesia _ perhaps as m...
Rebecca Tarbotton | Posted 04.19.2012