Orangutans

MOM: A Mother's Day Gift for the Whole Family

Pamela Poole | Posted 05.10.2012

Pamela Poole

To lift your spirits, celebrate Mother's Day, and give your kids the priceless, lasting gift of eco-consciousness and civic responsibility... Why not spend a day at the zoo celebrating motherhood?

Orangutans Using IPADS

AP | DAVID FISCHER | Posted 05.09.2012

MIAMI — The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers also like the hand-hel...

Apes' Cozy Nests Yield Clues About Human Evolution

Posted 04.17.2012

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 04/16/2012 03:04 PM EDT on LiveScience When they are ready to snuggle up at the tops of tr...

Scientists Discover Strange Link Between Chimps And Toddlers

Posted 04.13.2012

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 04/12/2012 12:26 PM EDT on LiveScience Chimps and toddlers rely on the "wisdom of t...

200 Orangutans Left Struggling To Survive

Reuters | Posted 05.28.2012

JAKARTA, March 28 (Reuters) - Forest fires and land clearing by palm oil firms could kill off within weeks about 200 orangutans in a forest in weste...

WATCH: Orangutans Eat Slow Loris

Posted 02.07.2012

Sumatran Orangutans are primarily vegetarians, but more evidence has emerged that some of the primates actually have a taste for meat. A female nam...

Denver Docs Save Orangutan's Life

Posted 02.07.2012

University of Colorado doctors had an unexpected patient on their operating table last summer -- a 44-year-old orangutan named Sally from the Denver Z...

10 Endangered Species Which Desperately Need Our Help In 2012

Posted 12.30.2011

Across the globe, hundreds of animal species face a grave and increasing threat of extinction. While many of these animals may live in remote location...

PHOTOS: Orphaned Orangutans And Elephants Highlighted In New IMAX Film

Posted 12.11.2011

A new film from Warner Brothers and IMAX tells the courageous story of orphaned orangutans and elephants, and the humans who care for them. "Born ...

At Least 20 Endangered Orangutans Brutally Killed, Police Arrest 2 Workers

AP | By NINIEK KARMINI | Posted 11.23.2011

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Two Indonesian plantation workers said they killed at least 20 endangered orangutans and proboscis monkeys as a means of pest co...

Survey Finds Indonesian Villagers Killed 750 Endangered Orangutans In Year

AP | ALI KOTARUMALOS | Posted 01.14.2012

By ALI KOTARUMALOS, The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Villagers living on the Indonesian side of Borneo killed at least 750 endangered ora...

Will Orangutans Become Extinct Before the Conservation Community Gets Its Game on?

Jamie Bechtel | Posted 01.09.2012

Jamie Bechtel

Visiting orangutans in the wilds tops my bucket list and it is clear I am running out of time. Nearly 700 orangutans were just slaughtered by local villagers in Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of Borneo.

Who's Been In The Girl Scouts Cookie Jar?

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.05.2011

Former finance director of the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York, Yaasmin Hooey, has been charged with stealing $310,000 from the nonprofit organ...

Activist Says Indonesian Zoo Lets Orangutans Smoke

AP | Posted 11.16.2011

INDONESIA, Jakarta -- A wildlife activist says that zoo officials in Indonesia are taking no steps to stop orangutans from smoking cigarettes, unlike ...

PHOTOS: Orangutan Overload

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...

WATCH: Orangutan Cools Off In A Shockingly Human Manner

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...

Virtual Conservation: Protecting Endangered Species and Habitats on Facebook

Deborah Bassett | Posted 08.28.2011

Deborah Bassett

Last week, Good World Games and Orangutan Outreach announced their partnership in MyConservation Park's orangutan mission -- a new Facebook game th...

An Earth Day Letter to Michelle Obama: Save the Sumatran Tigers

Rebecca Tarbotton | Posted 06.21.2011

Rebecca Tarbotton

This Earth Day, Rainforest Action Network is asking Michelle Obama to help protect endangered Sumatran tigers by encouraging Girl Scouts USA to acknowledge its role in the fate of these magnificent animals.

I Scout for Baby Orangutans That Vaguely Resemble My Ex-Girlfriend

Harmon Leon | Posted 06.11.2011

Harmon Leon

Breaking up is hard to do. Especially when the baby orangutans in the jungles of Borneo slightly resemble my gingered-haired ex-girlfriend. I'm not ...

How Two 15-Year-Old Girl Scouts Are Changing a Giant Food Conglomerate

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Glenn Hurowitz

When Kellogg's announced that it is moving to limit the deforestation caused by the palm oil it uses to make Girl Scout cookies, it represented an enormous achievement for two 15-year-old girls from Michigan.

Of Thin Mints and Orangutans

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Glenn Hurowitz

When Girl Scouts Madison and Rhiannon found out that their group's famed cookies contained palm oil, the cultivation of which destroys the habitat of endangered wildlife, they sprung into action.

Oddest Animal Companions

David Mizejewski | Posted 05.25.2011

David Mizejewski

Sometimes animals that wouldn't normally socially interact break the mold and become friends, transcending or ignoring instinct and how science says t...

Help Pepsi Give Back to Primates

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 05.25.2011

Brenda Scott Royce

Having used apes to entertain and promote its products, it seems fitting that Pepsi should direct some of its charitable spending toward caring for these creatures. But it's not up to Pepsi, it's up to you!

Worth Watching: Green

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Avital Binshtock

By focusing in on one orangutan named Green, filmmaker Patrick Rouxel concentrates our compassion and concern. Green is ill and injured after her lush rainforest home is flattened.

Four Year-Old Maddy Cerra Raises Awareness About Endangered Orangutans

Posted 05.25.2011

When Maddy Cerra caught sight of an endangered species photo at school, she insisted that orangutans like the one in the picture needed her help. The...