Orangutan

Agora‘Snorkelling on the north shore of Kauai,’ photographed by Brandon Imbriale. Agora, a free photography app, recently held its Wild 2020 contest. This year’s finalists captured both breathtaking landscapes and animals in their natural habitats. Out of 9,000 submitted images, a picture by Indonesia-based photographer Wibowo Rahardjo was awarded the…

Now I'M a mum! Orangutan who was rescued as an infant after her mother was tortured and killed gives birth to a baby of her own after being returned to the wildOrangutan Peni was three when her mother was killed in Borneo after they were both driven from their homeTraumatised…

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This orangutan gave a lesson in hand hygiene at the Borneo Orangutan Survival habitat in Indonesia. The orange ape, named Cinta, was rescued by the foundation when she was 5 months old, and since then has learned many skills at the Orangutan Jungle School. “Cinta is here to demonstrate her…

Ulet Ifansasti/GettyA Sumatran orangutan inside a cage at Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme’s rehabilitation centre in late 2016 in Kuta Mbelin, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Orangutans are struggling as massive amounts of rainforest in Southeast Asia are burned off, or chopped down, to make way for palm oil. Along with habitat loss,…

SmartNews Keeping you current Alba, who was captured and caged in 2017, underwent nearly two years of rehabilitation (BOSF 2020/Indrayana) smithsonianmag.com March 5, 2020 Last month, conservationists released three rehabilitated orangutans into Indonesia’s Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park. While monitoring one of the primates, whose name is Unyu, the…

World's only ALBINO orangutan, Alba, is spotted alive and well in Borneo rainforest more than a year after she was released into the wildBlue-eyed Alba was rescued in 2017 after she was found starving in a cage while kept as a pet by villagersThe primate - named Alba, the Latin…

The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation says Alba was spotted in a Borneo rainforest as it monitored 3 other orangutans who were recently released Published 8:23 PM, March 04, 2020 Updated 8:23 PM, March 04, 2020 ALBA. This undated handout photo released by Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation on March 4, 2020…

Asia Alba, the world's only known albino orangutan, was released back into the wild in late 2018. (Photo: AFP/Handout) 04 Mar 2020 07:26PM(Updated: 04 Mar 2020 07:43PM) KATINGAN, Indonesia: The world's only known albino orangutan has been spotted alive and well in a Borneo rainforest, more than a year after she was…

KATINGAN, Indonesia (AFP): The world's only known albino orangutan has been spotted alive and well in a Borneo rainforest, more than a year after she was released into the wild, conservationists say. Alba, a blue-eyed primate covered in fuzzy white hair, was taken in 2017 from a cage where she…