orangutan

An infant Bornean orangutan is seen with its mother at a rehabilitation centre in Sepilok, Malaysia August 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain
South Asia

Malaysia announces adopt-an-orangutan plan for palm oil importers

Plantations and Commodities Minister Johari Abdul Ghani also pledged to halt deforestation in Malaysia, saying 54% of the country was forested and that the level would not fall below 50%

This combination of photos provided by the Suaq foundation shows a facial wound on Rakus, a wild male Sumatran orangutan in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia, on June 23, 2022, two days before he applied chewed leaves from a medicinal plant, left, and on Aug. 25, 2022, after his facial wound was barely visible. (Armas, Safruddin/Suaq foundation via AP)
Science

A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say

This photo provided by Busch Gardens Tampa Bay shows a newborn female endangered Bornean orangutan that was delivered by caesarean section on Saturday, April 13, 2024. Photo: Jesse Adair/Busch Gardens Tampa Bay via AP
Offbeat

Endangered Bornean orangutan born in Florida

Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Breastfeeding zookeeper teaches orangutan how to nurse

Jala, a male adult orangutan, lies while getting anesthesia for medical tests before being released back into the wild by conservationist group International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia and country's environment and forestry ministry agency to the conservation forest of Tanagupa, part of Gunung Palung National Park, in North Kayong regency, West Kalimantan province, Indonesia, May 4, 2021. Courtesy of International Animal Rescue (IAR) and Indonesia's Environment and Forestry Ministry (KLHK)/Handout via REUTERS
Environment

From village to conservation forest, Indonesian orangutan finds a new home