LABAN NYARIT, Indonesia — Ipu Angit’s close relationship with the forest here in the interior of Borneo is evident as he identifies the plants and trees he uses to meet his daily needs ...
A second Bornean orangutan has been born at a zoo. Dudley Zoo and Castle were "excited" to welcome the arrival from mum, 11-year-old Sprout, over the weekend. Sprout's mum, Jazz, 30, gave birth ...
Bornean orangutan Martha was an orphan and had lived at the zoo since 1966. A great-great-grandmother, Martha was known as "the grand old lady of Chester Zoo". Zoo keeper Chris Yarwood ...
Indonesia’s strategy for increasing renewable energy production could see Indigenous communities lose huge swathes of their forests to biomass plantations. Mongabay visited the planned site of ...
Tempted by the fruit of a strangler fig, a Bornean orangutan climbs 100 feet into the canopy. With males weighing as much as 200 pounds, orangutans are the world’s largest tree-dwelling animals.
For example, studies show that Bornean orang-utans can fare well in logged forests if the impact is reduced through measures such as selective logging, keeping fruit trees intact, and controlling ...
A baby orangutan has arrived at a specialist monkey sanctuary after his mother was unable to feed him. Sibu Junior was born on 31 July at Dublin Zoo but staff had to give him round-the-clock care. It ...