A Tapanuli orangutan, the world’s rarest great ape, has been discovered dead in mud and log debris in a village in northern ...

An orangutan named Rakus hit a rough patch in the summer of 2022. Researchers heard a fight between male orangutans in the treetops of a rainforest in Sumatra, Indonesia; a day later, they spotted ...

A Sumatran orangutan was seen using a medicinal plant to heal a facial wound at an Indonesian research site in a first step for non-humankind. The male primate applied a paste made from the poultice ...

WASHINGTON — An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant — the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, ...

CAMP LEAKEY, Borneo, Indonesia (Reuters) - The bushes shook violently and the female orangutan froze. Her baby clutched her tightly before the two quickly disappeared into the Borneo undergrowth. As ...

In 2017, the Tapanuli orangutan was identified as a new species of great ape — and immediately became the most endangered great ape on the planet, with a total population of less than 800. The ...