The rescued baby orangutan belongs to the most threatened subspecies of Bornean orangutans. Disappearing forest homes and a rabid demand for baby orangutans to supply the illegal …

Orangutans once lived all the way from southern China to the foothills of the Himalayas and south to the island of Java, Indonesia. Today, the red 'man of the forest' is confined to the rapidly …

Amazon wildlifeTo date, at least 40,000 plant species, 427 mammals (e.g. jaguar, anteater and giant otter), 1,300 birds (e.g. harpy eagle, toucan and hoatzin), 378 reptiles (e.g. boa), more …

Another viable solution to the orangutan problem is one that requires our time, money and effort – in large quantities and in equal parts. We can return the orangutans their home quite simply by …

To get an estimate of an orangutan population in an area, scientists count the nests that the orangutans use. Orangutans build nests atop trees on a daily basis.

Food chains and food websEvery plant and animal species, no matter how big or small, depends to some extent on another plant or animal species for its survival. It could be bees taking …

Irresponsible expansion of oil palm plantations has negatively impacted many vulnerable and threatened species, including critically endangered orangutans, elephants and tigers.

Studies indicate that 200-500 orangutans from Indonesian Borneo alone enter the pet trade each year. This represents a real threat to wild orangutan populations as orangutans have an …

I changed from a person who did not know anything about nature to someone who enjoys nature and now working to conserve the world’s unique species, the orangutan.

Rampant poaching also poses a grave threat to the island's endangered species - tigers are hunted for their skins, rhinos are killed for their horns, and orangutans are taken from the wild …